<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I don&#39;t think anyone has suggested any &quot;wooly, inchoate structures,&quot; in the event that SO/AC&#39;s may elect to create, become or empower a legal entity.  First, it has generally been discussed that each SO/AC would be free to choose the place and type of entity should they elect the legal entity route.  Second, the structures discussed have included:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">1.  California Unincorporated Association</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">2.  Nonprofit Corporation (which could be established in any US state, including without limitation California, and also has equivalents in many (if not most) non-US jurisdictions)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">3.  Limited Liability Company (ditto)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">These all seem non-wooly and &quot;choate&quot; to me.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Nigel Roberts <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Very interesting and helpful comments.<br>
<br>
Here&#39;s where I am at. I was, for about four years, a Board Member of a non-profit, ICANN-like organisation in the UK. (The Radio Society of Great Britain -- see <a href="http://www.rsgb.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.rsgb.org</a>).<br>
<br>
That was originally founded by some bloke named Marconi, and some of his chums in 1913, but it was incorporated as a company Limited by Guarantee in the 1920s, which it remains this day.<br>
<br>
The liability of each member (there are no shareholders) is limited to an amount that is set in the Articles. In the case of very old organisations like this, it&#39;s just one pound!.<br>
<br>
The Members control the board by election, and the Board, just like the ICANN Board, has a fiduciary duty.<br>
<br>
Now, I&#39;m NOT suggesting that individual SOs establish themselves under English or Scottish law as this sort of incorporated non-profit (which is PARTICULARLY suited to a membership model), nor indeed as the more modern Community Interest Company (CIC).<br>
<br>
But what I&#39;m saying is that my instincts, as shown by Edward&#39;s very scary but accurate scenario, are to avoid woolly, inchoate, structures and prefer well-defined (and, to be honest, inexpensive) formal structures such are provided for in the law of most European states.<br>
<br>
My two eurocents.<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 09/07/15 16:15, Edward Morris wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
Hi Nigel,<br>
<br>
I&#39;m in the U.K. and have raised the issue in the past,  but only to<br>
suggest that because of this some SOAC&#39;s might want to consider the more<br>
complex formation of a PBC as an option going forward.<br>
<br>
You are correct about the status of UA&#39;s in the UK (Scotland as well as<br>
England and Wales - different legal system, as you know). The same holds<br>
true in Finland, the country where I received the bulk of my legal<br>
education. Over time, though, in both countries the courts would<br>
eventually recognise the liability protection afforded by California law<br>
as a matter of comity. Long term, I don&#39;t see a problem. That said, I&#39;m<br>
pretty sure that were I to want to sue someone involved in a SOAC in the<br>
UK for actions of the SOAC I&#39;d be able to get through a Directions<br>
Hearing and force a trial upon the other party. That&#39;s why<br>
indemnification is particularly important if UA&#39;s are used going forward.<br>
<br>
Might I also respectfully suggest that most of us are already part of<br>
UA&#39;s, albeit of the non registered variety. I would suspect I could make<br>
the case that the NCSG, NCUC and GNSO, all of which I&#39;m active in, could<br>
currently be construed as UA&#39;s under British law and elsewhere and thus<br>
I could already be held liable  for the actions of these organs. I don&#39;t<br>
see where any of the proposed structures would make my individual<br>
situation worse going forward.<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
<br>
Ed Morris<br>
<br>
<br>
On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Nigel Roberts &lt;<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a><br></div></div><div><div class="h5">
&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
    One of the leading authorites on this matter, and the real dangers<br>
    of UA structures is the Gillingham Bus Disaster case (RE GILLINGHAM<br>
    BUS DISASTER FUND [1958] Ch 300)<br>
<br>
    <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=s5h4LUHhYC0C&amp;pg=PA145&amp;lpg=PA145&amp;dq=Gillingham+Bus+Disaster+appeal+judgment&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=rGrH81jGKn&amp;sig=jCRoZq2-tiGTN7MUuzoteOS0oPw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=r4KeVbjAHIT2UpHHi4AL&amp;ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Gillingham%20Bus%20Disaster%20appeal%20judgment&amp;f=false" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=s5h4LUHhYC0C&amp;pg=PA145&amp;lpg=PA145&amp;dq=Gillingham+Bus+Disaster+appeal+judgment&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=rGrH81jGKn&amp;sig=jCRoZq2-tiGTN7MUuzoteOS0oPw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=r4KeVbjAHIT2UpHHi4AL&amp;ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Gillingham%20Bus%20Disaster%20appeal%20judgment&amp;f=false</a><br>
<br>
    Happy reading.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
    On 09/07/15 15:17, Nigel Roberts wrote:<br>
<br>
        Unincorporated associations in English, and Scottish law<br>
        explicitly have<br>
        unlimited liability. There is no registration involved, they simply<br>
        exist as a matter of law. So if you and I formed a bridge club<br>
        at our<br>
        local pub, and invited members, that would automatically be a<br>
        UA, would<br>
        NOT have legal personality, and the members, and more<br>
        particularly, the<br>
        officers, would have UNlimited liabtliy<br>
<br>
        The assets of the UA are held on trust, in the legal name of the<br>
        officers, for the purposes of the UA.<br>
<br>
        I am assuming the difference here is that a California<br>
        unincorporated<br>
        assocation is not an unregistered entity but is a creature of<br>
        statute<br>
        (state law), giving limited liability following a registration<br>
        process.<br>
<br>
        Is that correct?<br>
<br>
<br>
        Nigel<br>
<br>
        PS: I apologise for not having read every single email that was sent<br>
        before I joined this list last week; as my law professor (a High<br>
        Court<br>
        judge said: &quot;Nothing is obvious to everybody&quot;).<br>
<br>
        On 09/07/15 15:07, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
<br>
            Nigel,<br>
<br>
            A California unincorporated association is a limited<br>
            liability vehicle,<br>
            as it is in certain other jurisdictions.  If we were to go<br>
            down the<br>
            route of have SO/ACs be/create/empower (three different<br>
            options) a legal<br>
            entity, one would expect a choice to be made that would<br>
            shield SO/ACs<br>
            and their members from unlimited legal liability (and there<br>
            are a<br>
            variety of options to do so).  While this should be implicit<br>
            by now in<br>
            this discussion, since it has been explicitly discussed in<br>
            the past, I&#39;m<br>
            glad for the opportunity to make it explicit once again.<br>
            Suggesting<br>
            someone cross the street is not equivalent to telling them<br>
            to walk into<br>
            traffic.<br>
<br>
            Greg<br>
<br>
            On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Nigel Roberts<br>
            &lt;<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>&gt;<br></div></div>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a><div><div class="h5"><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>&gt;&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
                 Greg, all<br>
<br>
                 I have a deadly serious question.<br>
<br>
                 Why would any Member of an SO voluntarily submit to the<br>
            danger of<br>
                 unlimited monetary liability?<br>
<br>
                 So why is anyone even considering UA status for more<br>
            than 10 seconds?<br>
<br>
<br>
                 Nigel<br>
<br>
                 See<br>
<br>
            <a href="http://www.scvo.org.uk/setting-up-a-charity/decide-on-a-structure/voluntary-or-unincorporated-association/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.scvo.org.uk/setting-up-a-charity/decide-on-a-structure/voluntary-or-unincorporated-association/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
                 On 09/07/15 14:35, Seun Ojedeji wrote:<br>
<br>
                     On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Greg Shatan<br>
                     &lt;<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt;&gt;<br>
                     &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
                     &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
                          Seun,<br>
<br>
                          Can you point where this understanding and<br>
            learning comes<br>
                     from? I<br>
                          don&#39;t think any of this is correct, unless you are<br>
                     referring to a<br>
                          &quot;council&quot; where each SO/AC is a statutory<br>
            member of the<br>
                     corporation.<br>
<br>
<br>
                     Yes indeed thats what i was referring to<br>
<br>
                          This is not the case in the &quot;single member<br>
            model,&quot; where<br>
                     there is<br>
                          only one statutory member.<br>
<br>
<br>
                     Okay thanks for clarifying that for me. So if i get<br>
            this<br>
                     correctly; does<br>
                     it mean one of the SO/AC will be a member and then<br>
            every other<br>
                     SO and AC<br>
                     exercise their powers through that single member?.<br>
            Specifically<br>
                     which of<br>
                     the SO/AC will be member in the single member model?<br>
<br>
                     However if one of the SO/AC won&#39;t have to become a<br>
            member but<br>
                     the entire<br>
                     council becoming a UA to fulfill membership<br>
            requirement, how<br>
                     will that<br>
                     address some SO/AC not wanting to enter into such legal<br>
                     formality? also<br>
                     how will accountability of the council be ensured<br>
            as it could<br>
                     then mean<br>
                     creating a mini-ICANN board as the council members<br>
            would have<br>
                     the voting<br>
                     rights, independence et all. Perhaps the council<br>
            can be limited<br>
                     by its<br>
                     governing document, but how will removing council<br>
            members for<br>
                     instance<br>
                     be in effect if the populating source(SO/AC) is not<br>
            a UA.<br>
<br>
                     Perhaps its not as complicated as i am imagining it<br>
            so it will<br>
                     be good<br>
                     to hear some clarifications.<br>
<br>
                     Regards<br>
<br>
<br>
                          Greg<br>
<br>
                          On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Seun Ojedeji<br>
                     &lt;<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>&gt;&gt;<br>
                          &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
                     &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
                              I understand the powers would be bestowed<br>
            on the council<br>
                              individuals and not their source position;<br>
<br>
                              For instance one of the option is to<br>
            populate the<br>
            community<br>
                              council with leaders of SO/AC, which IMO<br>
            would be the<br>
                     cheapest<br>
                              route in this model so they would be<br>
            occupying a<br>
                     virtual seat<br>
                              and exercise those powers when required.<br>
            It would also<br>
                     allow the<br>
                              various SO/AC internet accountability<br>
            mechanisms<br>
            apply to<br>
                              council including removal of members.<br>
<br>
                              However, I then learnt that the council<br>
            cannot be<br>
            formed by<br>
                              SO/AC leader positions but rather to the<br>
            occupants of<br>
            that<br>
                              position. This would mean having to<br>
            rewrite the<br>
                     bylaw/document<br>
                              forming the council often since leaders of<br>
            those<br>
                     positions are<br>
                              dynamic and could change at anytime. Will<br>
            be good to<br>
                     know if<br>
                              that is no longer the case<br>
<br>
                              Regards<br>
                              Sent from Google nexus 4<br>
                              kindly excuse brevity and typos.<br>
<br>
                              On 7 Jul 2015 2:56 pm, &quot;Roelof Meijer&quot;<br>
                     &lt;<a href="mailto:Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl" target="_blank">Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl</a><br></div></div>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl" target="_blank">Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl</a>&gt; &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl" target="_blank">Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl</a><span class=""><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl" target="_blank">Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
                              wrote:<br>
<br>
                                  Interesting, we’re back on the subject<br>
            of a single<br>
                     member<br>
                                  structure. It was written off before<br>
<br>
                                  Cheers,<br>
<br>
                                  Roelof<br>
<br>
                                  From:<br>
                     &lt;<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
<br></span>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a><span class=""><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>&gt;&gt;&gt; on<br>
                                  behalf of Roelof Meijer<br>
            &lt;<a href="mailto:roelof.meijer@sidn.nl" target="_blank">roelof.meijer@sidn.nl</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:roelof.meijer@sidn.nl" target="_blank">roelof.meijer@sidn.nl</a>&gt;<br></span>
                     &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:roelof.meijer@sidn.nl" target="_blank">roelof.meijer@sidn.nl</a><span class=""><br>
            &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:roelof.meijer@sidn.nl" target="_blank">roelof.meijer@sidn.nl</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
                                  Date: woensdag 22 april 2015 15:56<br>
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                                  Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] member<br>
            organization and<br>
            single<br>
                                  membership structure<br>
<br>
                                  Hi Avri,<br>
<br>
                                  The sole membership construction, is a<br>
            possibility<br>
                     described<br>
                                  in the legal document in several<br>
            places: the<br>
                     comments by the<br>
                                  legal experts on the PCCWG mechanism<br>
            template (page<br>
                     64) and<br>
                                  the Community Council mechanism<br>
            template (page<br>
            69). I<br>
                                  sent several emails about it to the<br>
            WP1 list,<br>
                     suggesting to<br>
                                  look in the possibility as indeed it<br>
            would not<br>
                     necessitate<br>
                                  every SO and AC to become a legal<br>
            entity. And, as<br>
                     you do,<br>
                                  suggesting: &quot;make the „Community<br>
            Council” the sole<br>
                     member of<br>
                                  ICANN (and thus a formal legal<br>
            entity), consisting<br>
                     of either<br>
                                  the SO and AC chairs or SO/AC elected<br>
                     representatives” (from<br>
                                  an email of 14 April).<br>
<br>
                                  And I would think it would enable the<br>
            SO’s and AC’s<br>
                                  themselves to continue appointing<br>
            directors, as<br>
                     they do now.<br>
                                  But that’s just guessing, based on the<br>
            fact that<br>
                     the SO’s<br>
                                  and AC’s themselves would not change<br>
            status<br>
<br>
                                  Best,<br>
<br>
                                  Roelof<br>
<br>
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                                  Date: woensdag 22 april 2015 15:09<br>
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                                  Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] member<br>
            organization and<br>
            single<br>
                                  membership structure<br>
<br>
                                  Hi,<br>
<br>
                                  On 22-Apr-15 08:26, Roelof Meijer wrote:<br>
<br>
                                      2)<br>
                                      What I find quite frustrating is<br>
            that I have<br>
                         raised the<br>
                                      point of the possibility (or not)<br>
            of a single<br>
                         membership<br>
                                      structure – an option mentioned by<br>
            Sidley and<br>
                         Adler &amp;<br>
                                      Colving in their legal advice –<br>
            several times<br>
                         by now<br>
                                      without getting any substantial<br>
            reaction. I am<br>
                         not aware<br>
                                      that any serious effort to<br>
            investigate this has<br>
                         led to a<br>
                                      formal write-off.<br>
<br>
<br>
                                  In some way that might lessen the<br>
            complexity of<br>
                     making most<br>
                                  SOAC an individual legal entity.<br>
<br>
                                  How would it work?  Would we continue<br>
            to appoint<br>
                     Directors<br>
                                  just as we do now?<br>
<br>
                                  Or would there need to be some sort of<br>
            Members<br>
                     Council that<br>
                                  took actions, working simliarly to the the<br>
                     executive board<br>
                                  or community council idea?<br>
<br>
                                  thanks<br>
<br>
                                  avri<br>
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