<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="">Dear Counsel,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is a formal assignment on the following questions:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class="">What are the administrative formalities to create an unincorporated SO/AC ? </div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class="">Who (legal persons or individuals) would have to fulfill these formalities ? Each member ? the Council ? The Chair ? </div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class="">Are there any "Officers" or equivalent for such unincorporated SO/AC ? </div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class="">Is there any requisite in terms of funding ?</div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class="">Does participation of an organisation (such as a ccTLD manager) into such an unincorporated SO/AC extend the possibilities that it be sued in the US ? </div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class="">Can an unincorporated SO/AC be sued ? In that case, who would have to pay the legal fees ? </div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class="">Is there any fiduciary responsibility of liability attached to being a member of an unincoporated SO/AC ? to being a council member ? to being chair ? </div><div style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class=""><br class=""></div><span style="font-family: Arial; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;" class="">Would the unincoroportation of the SO/AC (ex: ccNSO) prevent from further structural reviews of the SO/AC as foreseen by the Icann Bylaws ?</span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">The aim of assigning these questions is to have a very brief and simple sort of one pager picture on the most relevant information related to these questions. We do not need a very lengthy document but rather a very concrete and comprehensible one pager.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This should be taken care with top priority right after delivering the two previous documents that were assigned with top priority. So this would get in the queue in front of all the remaining questions so far assigned as it is important for our discussions for Friday.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As usual I thank you for your support and apologize for the rush.</div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
<div class="">Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">León</div>
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