[Acct-Legal] Memorandum of assignment

[List for the work of CCWG-Accountability Legal SubTeam]

Counsel,

Please have the following questions assigned for your consideration and to provide your answers accordingly:

Some of the key questions that I propose we need to consider are:
If there is a move to member organization, what does it really mean in terms of exercising of community powers if some Sos/Acs are members and some aren’t? 
If there are members/non-members how much of the relationships among the Sos and Acs in exercising community powers would be based in contract?  Would non-members need to enter into contracts too, or would their powers just be expressed within the Bylaws or Articles of incorporation?
If contracts are required, wouldn’t that also require the formation of some sort of legal entity (unincorporated association or otherwise) to enter into the agreements, even among non-members?  Who are the parties to these contracts?
Would each of the groups that are members have be subject to California law once they form as an unincorporated association (or other legal entity)?  Is this viable across the ICANN community? 
What are the mechanisms that the members will use to be accountable to each other, particularly when there is no fiduciary duty and the expectation of acting in personal interest?  
Particularly if there are members/non-members, what accountability mechanisms will be in place to make sure that the members don’t act to the disadvantage of non-members?  (Examples: blocking a budget that includes funds for the performance of the IANA functions in service to the protocol parameters community, assuming the IETF is not a member; blocking a board action that is intended to enact a non-member advisory committee’s advice)
To what extent does the designator model rely on the formation of associations and contracts to achieve the stated reforms?

These questions should be added to the list of questions pending to work on, after the prioritized work indicated in our call today is taken care of.

Should you have any questions or need for clarification, please feel free to come back to us.

Best regards,


León

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