The GNSO is comprised of Stakeholder Groups whose leadership teams are shown in the tabs below. ICANN's Board encouraged the GNSO to structure the Council on the basis of four broad stakeholder groups in order to represent the wide variety of groups and individuals that compose the ICANN community. Stakeholder Groups function as caucuses, and are intended to facilitate the creation of new constituencies as well as growth and expansion of GNSO participants.
Membership to Stakeholder Groups varies. If you are interested in learning more about membership, each group page contains links to more information.
In the GNSO, "constituency" is a technical term referring to a group of Internet users united around a particular common interest or perspective, formally recognized by the GNSO Council. Two of the Stakeholder Groups in the GNSO are comprised of individual Constituencies. Their leadership teams are shown in the tabs below.
Information about joining a Constituency can be found at the bottom of each Constituency page.