<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Olivier,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I don't think IANA (or PTI) would be issuing an RFP. PTI is not the one issuing the (Post-Transition) IANA Functions Contract. Rather, ICANN is the one issuing the IANA Contract, so ICANN would be the party issuing a new RFP. Looked at another way, ICANN "owns'" the right to perform the IANA Functions and is granting PTI the right to do so under contract. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Also, since PTI is a separate entity from ICANN a bankruptcy filing by ICANN should have no legal effect on PTI. (Note that, at least in the US, a non-profit cannot be the subject of an "involuntary" bankruptcy (one started by a third party)).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">A more interesting issue in bankruptcy would be what happens to the IANA Functions Contract. Can IANA terminate the agreement? (Almost certainly not.) Can ICANN reject the agreement (Probably.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Or whether the IANA Contract could provide that PTI gets separated from ICANN (i.e., ICANN would no longer be a member) but PTI would receive the right to perform the IANA Functions without a contract (i.e., PTI would "own" the IANA Function right rather than have the right by contract). (This is an advanced set of questions, but bankruptcy generally wants debtors to retain their assets, not lose them without compensation. So my gut reaction is "not likely.") </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com" target="_blank">ocl@gih.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear Greg,<br>
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thanks for this info. Glad to see the component parts would still
exist. I'd venture to say that whether Chapter 7 or Chapter 11
bankruptcy is invoked, it's probably better that IANA issues an RFP
as it would signify that ICANN is in real trouble.<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
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Olivier<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 18/04/2015 01:12, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Olivier,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here is my
understanding:</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Bankruptcy (by which I
mean filing for bankruptcy in Bankruptcy Court) itself would
not affect the existence of the SO/ACs and CCWG, which
currently don't legally exist as separate entities anyway.
One of the potential end results of a bankruptcy is a
dissolution of an entity, with a winding down of the business,
sale of assets and payments to creditors (by order of
priority, and often at "pennies on the dollar"). That is the
worst case scenario of bankruptcy. A dissolution could result
in the end of ICANN as we know it. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The better case in
bankruptcy is a restructuring or reorganization of the
bankrupt entity, allowing it to resolve its debts, restructure
or eliminate obligations, and then emerge from bankruptcy as a
"slimmed-down" healthier entity. It's up to board and
management of a failing or "flailing" company to declare
bankruptcy when the company is still healthy enough to file
for a restructuring, rather than a dissolution.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">If the SO/ACs became
unincorporated associations, the bankruptcy of ICANN would
have no effect on the existence of the SO/ACs (which would
then be legal persons).</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This is my
understanding of the general rules as they relate to business
entities. The rules of bankruptcy could be significantly
different for non-profits, but probably would not change the
direct answer to your question.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg Shatan</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Caveat: I am not a
bankruptcy lawyer and this is not legal advice.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 6:27 PM,
Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com" target="_blank">ocl@gih.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Dear Avri,<br>
<br>
the document does not include the case of ICANN bankruptcy
which I mentioned on the conference call.<br>
Should it be included? Furthermore, in the unlikely event
of ICANN bankruptcy would ACs, SOs and a CCWG actually
still legally "exist"?<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier
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<blockquote type="cite"> hi,<br>
<br>
the correct drive link.<br>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WvBqtgXJ7rNrbN-5Tjf5-gi80aZ2oRYDtF_JLrETRqg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WvBqtgXJ7rNrbN-5Tjf5-gi80aZ2oRYDtF_JLrETRqg/edit?usp=sharing</a><br>
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avri<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> Hi,<br>
<br>
A first draft of a possible separation mechanism
is available<br>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pjRsvePXLHrK0zzFmMcavzvSXehds5FTCEUPPcc7K6w/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pjRsvePXLHrK0zzFmMcavzvSXehds5FTCEUPPcc7K6w/edit?usp=sharing></a><br>
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The drive document remains open for suggested
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For convenience, have attached a word and pdf
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avri<br>
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