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Consider whether to certify to us the question of whether under ICANN's current structure
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SOs and ACs have legal rights to select directors in line with designator rights under the California statute. Holly and Rosemary.
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Gregory, Holly<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 05, 2015 09:38:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> mathieu.weill@afnic.fr; thomas@rickert.net; leonfelipe@sanchez.mx; ccwg-accountability5@icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rosemary E. Fei (rfei@adlercolvin.com); Sidley ICANN CCWG; ICANN@adlercolvin.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> certification of legal issues requested<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Based on much discussion and a fair degree of confusion evident in the email exchange, we request that you consider certifying the following question
to us</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What
<span style="color:black">are</span> a director’s fiduciary duties<span style="color:black"> to a
</span>California nonprofit <span style="color:black">public benefit </span>corporat<span style="color:black">ion</span>? What is the relationship between these duties and the mission of the corporation?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In addition, we note that Sam Eisner recently provided a note on the email regarding the availability of default judgments should the Board refuse
to participate in an IRP. We have a different view and would like you to certify that question to us.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We note as a general matter that we are not able to provide answers to legal questions unless certified but ICANN Legal of course has no such limits.
It does put us in a difficult position when we don’t agree, since some may take our silence as an indication of agreement.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kind regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Holly and Rosemary </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HOLLY</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <b>J. GREGORY</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Partner and Co-Chair<br>
Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Practice Group</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sidley Austin LLP</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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