<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="">All,<div class="">please find below the certification on Rec 4 - individual Board member removal to find agreeable language for the waiver / indemnification issue.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks and kind regards,</div><div class="">Thomas</div><div class=""><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">g der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Von: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Thomas Rickert <<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net" class="">thomas@rickert.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Datum: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">15. Januar 2016 um 10:34:07 MEZ<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">An: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Holly Gregory <<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com" class="">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a>>, "Rosemary E. Fei" <<a href="mailto:rfei@adlercolvin.com" class="">rfei@adlercolvin.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Kopie: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Mathieu Weill <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr" class="">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>>, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx" class="">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a>>, ACCT-Staff <<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org" class="">acct-staff@icann.org</a>>, Sidley ICANN CCWG <<a href="mailto:sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com" class="">sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com</a>>, ICANN-Adler <<a href="mailto:ICANN@adlercolvin.com" class="">ICANN@adlercolvin.com</a>>, "McNicholas, Edward R." <<a href="mailto:emcnicholas@sidley.com" class="">emcnicholas@sidley.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Betreff: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Certification: Re: Recommendation 4 - power to remove Individual Board director - 1st reading conclusions</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Dear Holly and Rosemary,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">thanks for helping us with the language on the power to remove Individual Board directors. As you know, there was the discussion on the use of a waiver to be signed by the directors in connection with their pre-service letter and an indemnification by ICANN for those SO/AC representatives that raise concerns about a director.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Our discussions have shown there seems to be support for indemnifying the community representatives so that they do not have to be afraid of being sued if they raise concerns about directors and potentially trigger their dismissal. On the other hand, there were concerns expressed that a waiver would leave the director unprotected against defamation. The explanation that you gave, i.e. that a waiver would likely not be deemed valid in case of extreme cases of defamation, was not sufficient to remove the concerns.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Hence, we concluded that it would be appropriate for you and your teams to reach out to Jones Day to come up with suitable language balancing the interests of the community representatives and Board members. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Thank you for this. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Thomas </div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>