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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">We are happy to address these questions.&nbsp; We would appreciate any help that can be provided in clarifying the se questions as we are apparently not fully comprehending
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<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com" title="Click to send email to Gregory, Holly">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> ccwg-accountability5-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ccwg-accountability5-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>McAuley, David<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Greg Shatan; ccwg-accountability5@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Acct-Legal] Fwd: [CCWG-ACCT] Legal Memo - Responses to CCWG GAC representatives Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Thanks Greg,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I agree with the suggestion – these (this mail and the next one you sent) are important questions where legal input seems essential.
 Friday June 19 is just 8 days away and we need to be able to address such matters equipped with appropriate knowledge.
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<a href="mailto:ccwg-accountability5-bounces@icann.org">ccwg-accountability5-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:ccwg-accountability5-bounces@icann.org">mailto:ccwg-accountability5-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Greg Shatan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ccwg-accountability5@icann.org">ccwg-accountability5@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Acct-Legal] Fwd: [CCWG-ACCT] Legal Memo - Responses to CCWG GAC representatives Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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From: &lt;<a href="mailto:Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch">Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch</a>&gt;<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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Mathieu,</span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks a lot for this document. </span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span 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.
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<span style="color:#1F497D">To be more specific: </span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span 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;
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<span 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>). </span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span 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.</span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">…</span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span 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.</span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Therefore, I would kindly ask you to look again into these issues accordingly</span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Best regards</span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">Jorge Cancio </span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Von:</b> <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 lang="DE"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__icann.org&amp;d=AwMGaQ&amp;c=Od00qP2XTg0tXf_H69-T2w&amp;r=1-1w8mU_eFprE2Nn9QnYf01XIV88MOwkXwHYEbF2Y_8&amp;m=Q8WDyTSoedXe_fK573yjsUNfEv990AT1gP-JQm4TdyM&amp;s=rU_lbyRT9iRh_Dti20Rxb3Uh_7WKkwftwd3ItLAq6tQ&amp;e=" 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</span><span lang="DE-CH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="DE-CH">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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_pages_viewpage.action-3FpageId-3D52890082&amp;d=AwMGaQ&amp;c=Od00qP2XTg0tXf_H69-T2w&amp;r=1-1w8mU_eFprE2Nn9QnYf01XIV88MOwkXwHYEbF2Y_8&amp;m=Q8WDyTSoedXe_fK573yjsUNfEv990AT1gP-JQm4TdyM&amp;s=K9xRnuc-0S-pEryalw9A82FH9wXKbz3NfH999T-iIRk&amp;e=" 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_download_attachments_52890082_update-2520Legal-2520Assessment-2520-2D-2520Executive-2520Summary-252C-2520Summary-2520Chart-2520and-2520Revised-2520Governan....pdf-3Fversion-3D1-26modificationDate-3D1430442481000-26api-3Dv2&amp;d=AwMGaQ&amp;c=Od00qP2XTg0tXf_H69-T2w&amp;r=1-1w8mU_eFprE2Nn9QnYf01XIV88MOwkXwHYEbF2Y_8&amp;m=Q8WDyTSoedXe_fK573yjsUNfEv990AT1gP-JQm4TdyM&amp;s=t_fPck3XOgUeW3qbkEHckuT9CWuqZRT0zAwLZmiNnU8&amp;e=" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52890082/update%20Legal%20Assessment%20-%20Executive%20Summary%2C%20Summary%20Chart%20and%20Revised%20Governan....pdf?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1430442481000&amp;api=v2</a>
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Best regards,<br>
Mathieu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:thilton@sidley.com" target="_blank">&lt;thilton@sidley.com&gt;</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:ccwg-accountability5@icann.org" target="_blank">&lt;ccwg-accountability5@icann.org&gt;</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="DE-CH">Dear Legal Sub-team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="DE-CH">Attached please find a memo responding to the list of questions from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) provided to us on June 5, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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