[NA-Discuss] NARALO and the GNSO

[Danny Younger]

>From reading this note one would think that ICANN's bylaws or organizational structures never change.  Yet the ccTLDs used to be a constituency in the DNSO (per the bylaws) and still they managed to successfully withdraw from the DNSO.  

Hmmmm.... I don't recall Staff back then arguing that the ccTLD Registries Constituency as a part of DNSO would still exist, as that is provided for in the Bylaws -- Staff didn't use to meddle in the internal affairs of any organizational body.



--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Nick Ashton-Hart <Nick.Ashton-Hart at icann.org> wrote:

> From: Nick Ashton-Hart <Nick.Ashton-Hart at icann.org>
> Subject: [NA-Discuss] NARALO and the GNSO
> To: "NA Discuss" <na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 2:05 AM
> Dear All:
> 
> As a point of information, so that everyone understands the
> position vis a vis the Bylaws of ICANN, NARALO per se cannot
> withdraw from At-large and join the GNSO. The members of
> NARALO might choose to form a GNSO constituency, or do any
> number of other things, but NARALO as a part of At-Large
> would still exist, as that is provided for in the Bylaws.
> 
> Further, At-Large's remit is much larger than any GNSO
> constituency, as the GNSO only relates to generic TLDs, and
> not addressing policy, country code TLDs, etc.
> --
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Nick Ashton-Hart
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