<div dir="ltr">H everybody,<div><br></div><div>I'm opposed to sending this question to independent counsel unless someone can explain to me why Switzerland is chosen as an alternate jurisdiction.</div><div><br></div><div>If there is no particular reason, then if we are to expend resources exploring alternate jurisdictions I would request that resources also be expended to explore the same question under the laws of Delaware (a traditional alternate US state for incorporation), Ireland (a favoured European incorporation jurisdiction for private multinational corporations, which ICANN is), Estonia (a favoured location for cyber companies whose e-residence program may offer certain benefits for SOAC organisations and ICANN itself) and Iceland (a country with highly developed corporate transparency and shareholder participation laws). </div><div><br></div><div>I undestand the instinct to look at Switzerland as an alternate jurisdiction. However, unless one is going to propose changing the nature of ICANN (that of a private corporation) I see no reason to initially assume that Swiss jurisdiction would be superior to that of any other country. I would prefer that we not go down that road at this time, but if we are going to start looking at alternative jurisdictions I respectfully request those jurisdictions previously named in this post also be examined as I believe they may offer possibilities that are superior for our purposes than Switzerland, a nation with highly developed corporate secrecy laws. Of course, others may have additional jurisdictions they wish to explore and I submit that once we start exploring any jurisdiction other than the current one of California we are obliged to explore all those that are suggested in good faith. There is no reason to give Switzerland preference.</div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div><br></div><div>Edward Morris</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Mathieu Weill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr" target="_blank">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear Counsel and colleagues,<br>
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Maybe to focus the question a bit and avoid too large a research in
a first step, the key assumption we would like to test is whether
Swiss law would enable the SOs and ACs to act with all powers
described in our report WITHOUT the need to establish a legal entity
associated with the SO or AC. <br>
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Thank you for your help<br>
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Mathieu<br>
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<div>Le 11/05/2015 23:42, León Felipe
Sánchez Ambía a écrit :<br>
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Dear Counsel,
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<div>A comment has been made in the forum which states:</div>
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<pre>In some countries (in particular in Switzerland), non-profit associations
are, by law, accountable to their membership, in the sense that the
membership has full powers to amend the bylaws (called statues in
Switzerland), elect and revoke the Board, approve and review the budget,
etc. See articles 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code at:
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19070042/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19070042/index.html</a></pre>
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<pre>If we accept the principle that accountability is ensured by the members,
then I don't understand why the members of ICANN should not have full powers
to amend the bylaws, set the budget, etc.</pre>
<div>We would like to test the accuracy of this
comment. To get the complete picture, you can find the full
comment here:</div>
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<div><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-04may15/msg00000.html" target="_blank">http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-04may15/msg00000.html</a></div>
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<div>This is not urgent so I please ask you kindly to
address the outstanding questions identified before addressing
this comment.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>León</div>
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