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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Greg,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I would put forward the following questions and give you latitude to merge them with questions motivated by the same concerns or to rephrase them in more legalistic
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">How could the relationship between the MRT and the Contract Co. be defined in such a way as to constrain the Contract Co. to follow the instructions
 of the MRT?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Where would the legal documents defining the composition of the MRT reside? With Contract Co. or with ICANN or with the MRT itself? If the MRT, and
 MRT is unincorporated how would that work? If with Contract Co., how would they be modified?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Should the officers/staff of the Contract Co. be drawn from the chairs/members of the MRT or should they be separate?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Greg Shatan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 18, 2014 12:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gomes, Chuck<br>
<b>Cc:</b> cwg-stewardship@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Questions for &quot;Outside Counsel&quot;? -- REPLIES REQUESTED<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to Guru, Maarten and Chuck for their contributions to this list.&nbsp; I will keep this list open until
<b><span style="color:red">23:59 UTC</span></b> today, and then use it to put a request to staff and thence to ICANN for such &quot;expert&quot; assistance (the CCWG-Accountability gets a slate of experts, but we will hopefully get some expert guidance as well....)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greg<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:navy"><a href="mailto:gsshatan@lawabel.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">gsshatan@lawabel.com</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">ICANN-related: <a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">
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<b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:navy"><a href="http://www.lawabel.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.lawabel.com</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Gomes, Chuck &lt;<a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com" target="_blank">cgomes@verisign.com</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">A very broad question is whether the proposal for Contract Co. and the MRT is legally viable.&nbsp; If not,
 is it possible to make it viable and how?&nbsp; What advice can you provide about this direction?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Greg Shatan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CWG-Stewardship] Questions for &quot;Outside Counsel&quot;? -- REPLIES REQUESTED</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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As previously discussed, there are several aspects of our work where we thought it would be helpful to get legal advice from independent counsel.&nbsp;
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I've been advised that in order to make this request, we should have a list of the questions we would like to put to counsel.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Thank you for your contributions!<br>
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