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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">What Kieren says is true. Moreover, it is expected behavior for any corporation or institution. No organization willingly gives up power. I am here in Singapore
and I could tick off about a dozen ways in which this common pattern is being played out at the present time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I guess the meaning of the fact that it is a board member in the lead challenging Kieren’s assertion is not lost on any of us.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Disspain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 9, 2015 11:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kieren McCarthy<br>
<b>Cc:</b> cwg-stewardship@icann.org; RFP3<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [CWG-RFP3] CCWG California Law Response<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">With all due respect;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">Another fact from this: ICANN corporate is going to fight all proposed changes that see it lose any kind of power. And the Board will likely feel obliged to follow
the legal advice of its lawyers over a third party.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">…that is not a fact. It is at best speculation. It is possibly journalistic licence. It is, at its worst, intentionally mischievous and misleading. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span style="color:#666666">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span style="color:#666666">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">On 10 Feb 2015, at 02:27 , Kieren McCarthy <<a href="mailto:kierenmccarthy@gmail.com">kierenmccarthy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">I'm a little surprised that you are all surprised by the contents of ICANN's lawyers' memo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">This has been the position of Jones Day for years and it has been used repeatedly to undercut community recommendations for better accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">In the past, the legal advice has typically only made it into the Board's hands after the recommendations have been provided. They have then been dropped.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">Another fact from this: ICANN corporate is going to fight all proposed changes that see it lose any kind of power. And the Board will likely feel obliged to follow
the legal advice of its lawyers over a third party.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">So the question becomes: how do you force ICANN Corporate to shift its position *before* the process is closed off? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">Because if you leave that detail until after (call it 'implementation'), it will never happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666">On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Maarten Simon <<a href="mailto:maarten.simon@sidn.nl" target="_blank">maarten.simon@sidn.nl</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">Thank you Greg for this response. I indeed hope that Californian law will proof to be more flexible than suggested by the advice because I am not looking forward
to a discussion on all possible jurisdictions worldwide that could provide for what we need. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">Greg Shatan <<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday 9 February 2015 11:29<br>
<b>To: </b>Graeme Bunton <<a href="mailto:gbunton@tucows.com">gbunton@tucows.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:cwg-rfp3@icann.org">cwg-rfp3@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:cwg-rfp3@icann.org">cwg-rfp3@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [CWG-Stewardship] CCWG California Law Response<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">May I gently suggest that you are treating this as a definitive legal opinion by stating the two outcomes you think it suggests. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666"> I think the outcome it suggests is that we need independent legal counseling. I use t he word "counseling" and not "advice" on purpose. A good counselor solves
a client's problems and protects the client from risk. A document like the one in question is at best a jumping off point for such counseling, which is by definition interactive and iterative in nature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">That said, it's entirely possible that, even after robust attempts at problem-solving, that the proposal that best meets the needs of the global multistakeholder
community could involve an external-to-ICANN option or could only be feasible under the laws of a different jurisdiction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">But we are far, far away from this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">I'll admit that, in my private practice, there are times I feel that I have to walk clients through fairly negative steps in terms of the legal environment, risks
and worst-case scenarios. But then the real work starts (I might even say "the fun begins" but that sounds kind of pathetically wonky), starting with "But this is what we can do..." and tell them how we will meet their needs. Of course, there are times when
you need to tell clients "No," but most of the time, it should be "No, but..." It's the really rare case where you say "No. Just No." (or how do you look in an orange jumpsuit...). Even in those cases, you try to find the client a reasonable solution to
as many of their key points as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">So, rather than looking at this as a conversation stopper, it will be more fruitful to view it as a conversation starter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Monday, February 9, 2015, Graeme Bunton <<a href="mailto:gbunton@tucows.com">gbunton@tucows.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">I read it with some interest, and as was pointed out by Milton and others in the Accountability WG, it is legal that advocates from
and for a particular perspective. Which is of course fine, so long as we don't treat this as definitive legal opinion for our purposes.<br>
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To me, it seems to suggest either of two outcomes:<br>
- The re-domiciling of ICANN to a jurisdiction that would allow the community to assert itself upon the board<br>
- Some version of the external to ICANN option we've been discussing<br>
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Graeme<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">On 2015-02-09 1:33 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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in, if not an obligation to, interpret or represent the law in ways that serve the interests of its client.</span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[<a href="mailto:cwg-rfp3-bounces@icann.org">mailto:cwg-rfp3-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James Gannon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 8, 2015 5:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> RFP3<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CWG-RFP3] CCWG California Law Response</span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of California law noted below while we are considering options and they will feed into the acceptability of both models under discussion:</span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/attachments/20150208/ed62a5b3/AccountabilityQuestionsforCCWG-fromJonesDay-0001.pdf">https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/attachments/20150208/ed62a5b3/AccountabilityQuestionsforCCWG-fromJonesDay-0001.pdf</a></span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.domainmondo.com/2015/02/icann-lawyers-nix-icann-accountability.html">
http://www.domainmondo.com/2015/02/icann-lawyers-nix-icann-accountability.html</a></span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">>>Initial Responses to the Community Working Group’s California Law Questions, 7 February 2015,from Jones Day (ICANN's lawyers) to questions submitted by the Cross Community
Working Group (CCWG).... (excerpts below, full responses <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/attachments/20150208/ed62a5b3/AccountabilityQuestionsforCCWG-fromJonesDay-0001.pdf"><span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">here</span></a>)--<br>
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Jones Day: “…. It is important to note that, even in the context of members and delegates, California law provides that the activities and affairs of ICANN still must be conducted and all corporate powers must be exercised by or under the direction of the Board.
Accordingly, members and delegates cannot force the Board to take a certain action or overturn a Board decision. The rights of members and delegates under California law are limited and are more closely associated with approval rights over specified actions,
rather than the right to second guess or supersede Board action or inaction. For example, members would only be entitled to approve the Board’s budget and would not be able to propose or approve a separate budget. As with any new structure, adding “members”
or “delegates” raises a considerable number of governance issues, including the mechanisms to hold these new members or delegates accountable, how these members/delegates would be selected (and how could they be changed), what specified matters would the members/delegates
be entitled to approve, what would be the applicable voting threshold for each specified matter, how often would member/delegate meetings be held and how much notice would be required for those meetings, and how would the creation of members/delegates affect
the existing Board selection structure. Further, any new structure must be evaluated against the question of whether the new structure actually solves the underlying problem or meets the underlying goal. In some respects, the introduction of “members” or “delegates,”
while initially appealing, may not solve the underlying problems and could simply result in moving the “problems” to another body of individuals where similar accountability concerns would persist (i.e., who watches the watchers) ….<br>
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“4. In the case of inaction by the Board on an issue developed through community consensus, is it possible to have a mechanism that will empower the community to require the Board to take action? <br>
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“No. California law does not provide for a mechanism that would empower the community, regardless of whether ICANN has members or not, to force the Board to take action on a community proposal. The activities and affairs of ICANN must be managed and all corporate
powers must be exercised under the ultimate direction of the Board….” </span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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