<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Thank you for this memo. I support the recommendation in the final paragraph. </div><div><br></div><div>Malcolm. </div><div><br>On 24 Nov 2015, at 01:12, Mathieu Weill <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Please find enclosed a memo from lawyers on a question that was identified during a recent WP1 call. Jordan has been mentioning it on the CCWG call. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Mathieu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Gregory, Holly [<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com">mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com</a>] <br><b>Envoyé :</b> lundi 23 novembre 2015 23:33<br><b>À :</b> León Felipe Sánchez Ambía; Thomas Rickert; <a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>; ACCT-Staff<br><b>Cc :</b> Sidley ICANN CCWG; <a href="mailto:ICANN@adlercolvin.com">ICANN@adlercolvin.com</a>; Rosemary E. Fei (<a href="mailto:rfei@adlercolvin.com">rfei@adlercolvin.com</a>); Gregory, Holly; <a href="mailto:ICANN@adlercolvin.com">ICANN@adlercolvin.com</a><br><b>Objet :</b> Memo on Approval of Amendments to Articles<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Co-Chairs and Staff,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In response to the question you certified to us today, attached please find a memo regarding approval of amendments to ICANN’s Articles of Incorporation by the Empowered Community, for distribution and posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please let us know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Holly and Rosemary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">HOLLY J. GREGORY<br></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Partner and Co-Chair<br>Global Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Practice<br><br></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sidley Austin LLP</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>787 Seventh Avenue<br>New York, NY 10019<br>+1 212 839 5853</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><br></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com" title="Click to send email to Gregory, Holly">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><br><a href="http://www.sidley.com/" title="www.sidley.com"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.sidley.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://www.sidley.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="35" height="35" id="Image_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D12687.69015330" alt="Description : Image supprimée par l'expéditeur. http://www.sidley.com/files/upload/signatures/SA-autosig.png"></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> <b>SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="08896adb-c2fb-4148-844c-9246cce7fcdc"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US">****************************************************************************************************<br>This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential.<br>If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us<br>immediately.<br><br>****************************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><Memo on Amendment to Articles - Nov. 23, 2015.pdf></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>