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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Client Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Attached is a table highlighting some of the advantages and disadvantages of the various potential signatories to the IPR community agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">SHARON R. FLANAGAN</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
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<b>SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP<br>
</b>+1 415 772 1271<br>
<a href="mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com" title="Click to send email to Flanagan, Sharon"><span style="color:blue">sflanagan@sidley.com</span></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:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Flanagan, Sharon; Hofheimer, Joshua T.<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gregory, Holly; Client<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Signatory to the Community Agreement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE">Dear Sidley,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE">As you are aware:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span lang="EN-IE">1.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-IE">A key issue for the CWG in dealing with the IANA IPR will be a decision on the signatory on behalf of the Names Community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span lang="EN-IE">2.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-IE">Currently we have some potential options:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span lang="EN-IE">a.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-IE">ICANN as signatory (assuming ICANN is willing)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span lang="EN-IE">b.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-IE">The formation of an unincorporated entity (a to be defined)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span lang="EN-IE">c.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-IE">Other possibilities such as the Empowered Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE">It will be helpful to the CWG to have some structured input on this, possibly in the form of a table, in order to inform and aid that decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE">Please can you provide such input and/or advice and indicate if this will be possible at the meeting of the CWG scheduled for tomorrow (18 August) @ 06h00 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE">Thank-you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE">Jonathan <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE">(on behalf of the Client Committee)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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