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@icann.org> wrote:

From: Nick Ashton-Hart <Nick.Ashton-Hart@icann.org> Subject: [NA-Discuss] NARALO and the GNSO To: "NA Discuss" <na-discuss@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. --

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