Dear all, Thank you very much for DD, sent by staff. It took me a lot of time to analyze this DD, and even more time - to analyze our ByLaws https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/Articles+of+Association *Part D - MEMBERSHIP * *4 Membership * 4.1 Members of The Association shall consist of the following: 4.1.1 organisations domiciled in Europe supporting the purposes of The Association which qualify as an ALS. 4.2 Membership shall be by application, in writing, in the form and containing the information which the Board shall from time to time determine, and shall be signed. 4.3 The Board shall determine the criteria for membership, subject to review of the same by the General Assembly, and the mechanism by which applications for Membership are approved, which may also be reviewed by the General Assembly. 4.4 Members of other RALOs may not be members of The Association. 4.5 The Association will promote the formation of user groups and their accreditation by the ALAC. Nevertheless, mechanisms will be maintained to ensure that the individual regional users not integrated into ALSes can express their opinion on the development of ICANN policies. 4.6 A new European ALS will be created to "collect" unaffiliated individuals from the region. This ALS would be part of the existing EURALO structure and would need to fulfil the minimum ALS requirements according to the ALS formation framework (see http://www.atlarge.icann.org/en/framework.htm and also ICANN Bylaws http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#XI-2.4i). Once it is an integral part of the EURALO structure, this ALS would have the same rights and responsibilities as any other regional ALS. Of course I support Article 19 membership in EURALO. And once again, I support rewriting of EURALO ByLaws! Best regards, Oksana