<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I am passing this and a following email back into the Legal Subteam mailing list for potential consideration and response by (or with the input of) counsel.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch">Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 6:37 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Legal Memo - Responses to CCWG GAC representatives Questions<br>To: <a href="mailto:Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr">Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr</a>, <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a>, <a href="mailto:rfei@adlercolvin.com">rfei@adlercolvin.com</a><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Dear Mathieu,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Thanks a lot for this document.
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">After having a first look into it, I would just like to observe that -at least regarding the questions I have posed in CCWG calls or on the list- they have only been partially
answered. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">To be more specific:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">1) answer to question 4 misses the point an does not provide a response to the dangers in asymmetrical composition between GAC and the eventual GAC-UA;
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">2) response to question 5 is also very incomplete as it does not provide an answer to the very specific questions contained in that question (<i>Question 5: As to the operation
of the UA, while nowadays the infringement or differing interpretation of GAC rules of procedure (e.g. operating principles) have no legal consequence, this would change in case these rules would be applied to an existing legal person (the UA)? What would
be the consequences of conflicts of interpretation between members of the GAC-UA and/or of external stakeholders affected by decisions of the GAC-UA? What legislation would they apply? What would be the responsibilities of GAC-UA officers and/or members affected
by such a conflict? How would they specifically protected from liability? To what extent?</i>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">3) response to question 6 contains a number of “desiderata” (“so long”… “should not”… “we are confident”) instead of a detailed legal analysis.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Personally I feel that answering quickly, reutilizing former documents and/or linking generally to them is not really the proper way forward. After having a look into several
inputs made in the public consultation, I see some of these issues put forward by different contributors, which is again a sign of them being serious points which need to be addressed in depth.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Therefore, I would kindly ask you to look again into these issues accordingly<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Best regards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Jorge Cancio
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">Von:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext"> <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@</a></span><span lang="DE" style="color:windowtext"><a href="http://icann.org" target="_blank">icann.org</a>]
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Mathieu Weill<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 9. Juni 2015 13:58<br>
<b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rosemary E. Fei; Holly Gregory<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] Legal Memo - Responses to CCWG GAC representatives Questions<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<br>
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Please find attached a lawyer's memo which provides legal answers to a list of questions that were raised during the last few weeks by government representatives, either on list, during the CCWG calls, or through the public comment. It is also available on
the wiki page collecting legal responses : <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52890082" target="_blank">
https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52890082</a> <br>
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As discussed during our call this morning an updated version of the chart on page 5 of governance powers memo (<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52890082/update%20Legal%20Assessment%20-%20Executive%20Summary%2C%20Summary%20Chart%20and%20Revised%20Governan....pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1430442481000&api=v2" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52890082/update%20Legal%20Assessment%20-%20Executive%20Summary%2C%20Summary%20Chart%20and%20Revised%20Governan....pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1430442481000&api=v2</a>
) is currently being prepared. <br>
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Best regards,<br>
Mathieu<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hilton, Tyler <a href="mailto:thilton@sidley.com" target="_blank"><thilton@sidley.com></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ccwg-accountability5@icann.org" target="_blank">ccwg-accountability5@icann.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Legal Sub-team,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached please find a memo responding to the list of questions from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) provided to us on June 5, 2015.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p>
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