<div dir="ltr">This looks like a fair summary to me,<div>Jordan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 October 2015 at 09:14, Mathieu Weill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr" target="_blank">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear colleagues, <br>
<br>
This is a recap of the discussion we have had yesterday, based on
the summary I have provided at the end of the session. This is
intended to capture the progress we've made to support our further
work. <br>
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Our group has agreed that Multiple Member or Designator options
presented higher risks of capture and of complexity, and that
arbitration based options (such as MEM) presented some legal
uncertainties that the group preferred to avoid. <br>
<br>
We have focused our work on Sole Member and Sole Designator Models
and started to compare them based on a list of criteria. <br>
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The list of criteria discussed so far was :<br>
•Enforcement<br>
–Direct or Indirect enforceability<br>
–Worst case enforcement delay<br>
–Cost of worst case enforcement<br>
<br>
•Capture risk<br>
–Derivative action against Board<br>
–Right to dissolve organization<br>
–Balance between the various SOs or the Acs<br>
–Scope of issues whereBoardbusiness judgement is applied (fiduciary
duty)<br>
<br>
•Transparency<br>
–Access to corporate records<br>
<br>
•Complexity<br>
–Necessity to create legal persons for SO/Acs<br>
–Necessity for individuals to act as legal persons<br>
–Ease of understanding<br>
–Ability to explain that the change is minimal<br>
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The discussion has confirmed that :<br>
<ul>
<li>Member model provides direct enforcement of Separation
recommendation</li>
<li>CWG requirements could be met with either model</li>
<li>Board can be constrained in the Designator model if a
separation process is incorporated in the Bylaws</li>
<li>CWG recommendations request a form of co-decision regarding
Separation. </li>
<li>Going to Arbitration for some specific powers has some level
of uncertainty both for Member and Designator models</li>
<li>Member enforcement of the various powers implies a year of
legal action</li>
<li>IRP enforcement is not different in each model in terms of
timing</li>
<li>Litigation is very unlikely, not only because of the time and
cost associated, but also because Board recall would provide a
faster way. </li>
</ul>
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Our lawyers have been tasked to investigate whether and how the
articles of Association could clarify that the Purpose of the
organization includes the need to promote and enhance the bottom up
multistakeholder model. If so, this might align the duties of
Directors with consensus decisions by the community.<br>
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