<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Hi Jordan,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">would they have legal standing as individuals? Or as an unincorporated association, that is, collectively?</blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes…either.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">has the board analysed whether the model is viable without a membership approach given the obligations directors hold (fiduciary obligations) in a non-membership system?</div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>Not sure I understand the question. Yes, the mechanism is viable without a membership approach but could you clarify what you mean regarding the obligations?<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 13 Sep 2015, at 12:31 , Jordan Carter <<a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz" class="">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">So Bruce - would they have legal standing as individuals? Or as an unincorporated association, that is, collectively?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Relatedly - has the board analysed whether the model is viable without a membership approach given the obligations directors hold (fiduciary obligations) in a non-membership system?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">J<br class=""><br class="">On Sunday, 13 September 2015, Bruce Tonkin <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" class="">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello Malcolm,<br class="">
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>> Binding Enforcement: In California, final decisions may be turned into enforceable court judgments. So an arbitration decision issued following an MEM proceeding can be enforced in a court in California. "<br class="">
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As per FAQ question no. 13, the answer is The MEM Issue Group.<br class="">
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This MEM Issue Group could be comprised of the individual people serving as chairs of the participating SOs/ACs. These individuals would have legal standing to initiate arbitration and have legal standing to enforce the outcome of the arbitration in court.<br class="">
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ICANN will indemnify the MEM Issue Group, and will bear the fees and expenses that might be incurred in any lawsuit arising out of the enforcement of a MEM final arbitration decision.<br class="">
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There are other options - but this seems to be the simplest. More elaborate options include forming an unincorporated association for the purpose of initiating the arbitration and then seeking to enforce in court if necessary (which I hope is never necessary - as any Board that I have been on would abide by the arbitration).<br class="">
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Bruce Tonkin<br class="">
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