ICANN Publishes New Draft Bylaws for Upcoming Meeting - On October 3, ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) published a new set of bylaws to restructure the organization from top to bottom. The draft bylaws encompass several major reforms to ICANN, such as a reworking of its structure for stakeholder participation and the creation of new staff positions to facilitate the Internet community's dealings with ICANN. The new bylaws also would move ICANN's "At-Large" community into a purely advisory role. CDT has also raised concerns that the bylaws' proposed "mission statement" inadequately constrains ICANN from taking inappropriate policy actions in the future. ICANN's Board of Directors is expected to vote on the new bylaws at ICANN's upcoming meeting in Shanghai, China, October 27 - November 1. October 04, 2002

• Draft ICANN Bylaws October 02, 2002
• ICANN Committee on Evolution and Reform report on new bylaws October 02, 2002
• Current ICANN Bylaws
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