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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">In response to emails earlier today concerning the status of Articles amendments, I am forwarding the emails discussing the draft amendments to ICANN’s Articles
of Incorporation from April 1, together with a clean copy of the proposed revised Articles, and one showing changes marked against the current Articles, each in both Word and pdf formats.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The change Steve DelBianco asked about is found in Article 7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We leave it to you to decide to whom this draft should be circulated, and when.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Rosemary E. Fei
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 01, 2016 12:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'bylaws-coord@icann.org'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ICANN-Adler; 'Sidley ICANN CCWG (sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com)'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear Sam:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I attach an update version of proposed edits to the Articles of Incorporation of ICANN. The version attached:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Implements the four numbered changes recommended in our email of March 12 below; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Inserts a specific reference to Article 24.2 of the ICANN Bylaws for procedures for the Empowered Community to approve either an Articles amendment or
the sale of substantially all of ICANN’s assets. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please note that we would like ICANN Legal’s attention to the highlighted description of ICANN’s Mission. Due to the technical terminology used here, we prefer
that you review the highlighted text and suggest edits to ensure that the new Bylaws provisions found in Article 1 will be fully covered by and consistent with the purpose description in the Articles; if any changes are required, then, as noted below, the
Articles language should be changed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I attach a clean version, but despite my earnest efforts, I don’t seem to be able to produce a version redlined to the current ICANN Articles right now, so we will
have to send you that tomorrow. If you would find it helpful to have a redline showing changes from the March 12 version attached to my email below, we can provide that tomorrow as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Rosemary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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without the benefit of legal research. If you would like a more thoroughly considered and researched response, please let us know.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Rosemary E. Fei
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 12, 2016 5:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ICANN-Adler; Sidley ICANN CCWG (<a href="mailto:sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com">sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Amendments to Articles of Incorporation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear John and Sam:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We’re pleased to distribute proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation of ICANN, to conform the Articles to the CCWG Final Proposal. We have two comments that may
be helpful in your review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You will note some highlighted text in Article 3. Since the Articles govern the Bylaws in the event of any inconsistency between them, this text needs to be reviewed
to ensure that proposed new Bylaws provisions in Annex 5, Paras. 72, 77, 80, and 83, are fully consistent with this description. In the event of any inconsistency, changes should be made to this text in the Articles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The minor edits to Article 4 are intended to make the Articles track more closely language in Annex 5, Para. 109, on the same subject. (Note that the quote from
the Articles on this subject found in Annex 5, Para. 5, is slightly inaccurate.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In addition to the edits required to conform the Articles to the CCWG Final Proposal, you may wish to consider recommending to the ICANN Board making some additional edits
now, in anticipation of the scrutiny this document may shortly be receiving outside of ICANN. These amendments could be made by the Board alone, before the CCWG Final Proposal amendments are adopted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Article 2, naming the corporation’s agent, is required to be included when Articles of Incorporation are initially filed with the Secretary of State. If the agent
changes after that, the information in this provision is obsolete, but it cannot be amended to update the name of the agent. Section 5810(b) of the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law does permit this provision to be deleted once the corporation
has filed its initial biennial Statement of Information, and it is standard corporate practice to do so whenever the Articles are amended for other reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The third sentence in Article 3 refers to the possibility of future versions of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). While referring to a “further” law is not entirely
wrong, we think substituting “future” would be a more common and easily understood usage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Subsection (e) of Article 5 prohibits control of ICANN by “disqualified persons” as defined in IRC Section 4946, or by a specific subset of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
organizations. There is no legal requirement that ICANN’s Articles include this prohibition, so we assume it is a matter of ICANN internal policy. The reference to the IRC section defining “disqualified persons” is to the definition that applies for private
foundations; the applicable definition for a public charity like ICANN is Section 4958, so if this subsection is retained, you may wish to correct that reference. However, we would be hard-pressed to explain why this prohibition appears in ICANN’s Articles
at all now, and especially, if control over ICANN is a concern, why control by only a subset of 501(c)(3) nonprofits is prohibited, but not control by other types of tax-exempt organizations or for-profit entities. Moreover, we think it is unlikely that ICANN
has any disqualified persons under IRC Section 4946 other than its foundation managers (directors, officers, and senior executive staff); does ICANN maintain a list of such other disqualified persons, or otherwise monitor compliance with this subsection?
Given all these concerns, we would recommend deleting subsection (e) of Article 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Article 8 addresses the possibility that ICANN might some day convert from 501(c)(3) public charity status to exemption as a trade or professional association under
IRC Section 501(c)(6). Since ICANN’s assets are now irrevocably dedicated to charitable purposes by both federal tax law and California charitable trust law, any such conversion would require all ICANN’s assets prior to the conversion to be distributed to
or for 501(c)(3) organizations or purposes, making the cost of any such conversion prohibitive. Keeping this provision at this point serves no practical function, and could confuse a reader regarding ICANN’s long-standing and on-going tax-exempt status under
IRC 501(c)(3). We suggest deleting Article 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With the exception of item 2 above (which is a one-word substitution), our recommendations are all deletions, shortening and simplifying the document, and eliminating confusing
or no longer applicable provisions.<span style="color:black"> </span>We think these changes would facilitate review by NTIA and Congressional staff.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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