From: Lori Schulman To: MSSI Secretariat Subject: Question for CCWG Legal Sub Team from Guidelines For Standard of Conduct...Subgroup Thread-Topic: Question for CCWG Legal Sub Team from Guidelines For Standard of Conduct...Subgroup Thread-Index: AdIppVBTUfEA94gVShS2exDDDfzU2w== Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:08:40 +0000 Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="_007_6570788076687165657566717168696976657173717073676875737_"; type="multipart/alternative" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_007_6570788076687165657566717168696976657173717073676875737_ Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_6570788076687165657566717168696976657173717073676875737_" --_000_6570788076687165657566717168696976657173717073676875737_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Secretariat, Our subgroup has a question regarding legal review of the Draft Guidelines = for Standard of Conduct Presumed to Be Good Faith with Exercising Removal o= f ICANN Board Members. We discussed the issue at our October 3 meeting and = we do not anticipate the need for heavy assistance. However, it would be = prudent, once the draft guidelines are completed, to have a review by a leg= al expert with substantial experience in California nonprofit governance. = We want to make sure that there are no red flags or precedents contrary to = our recommendations. Diligence requires process and as long as we have a cl= ear and documented process, we should be able to meet a "good faith" standa= rd. However, given the quirks of CA law, the subgroup would not want to as= sume anything. We would anticipate maybe 8-10 hours of very experienced, i= ndependent attorney time at a maximum. Our understanding is that we are to= ask for the assistance of the ICANN in-house legal team before we go to ou= tside counsel. This seems to be a prudent, cost-effective measure. Howeve= r, we are concerned about a possible conflict of interest with an in-house = team that essentially reports to the Board. Has this particular conflict = been vetted with regard to creating guidelines for good faith conduct for p= etitioning for a Board member's removal, or the entire Board for that matte= r, and having a legal team that reports to the Board review it? If so, wou= ld you kindly direct us to the opinion? If not, may we have guidance in th= is area? We are happy to discuss our concerns with members of the Legal Sub team as = necessary. Lori Lori Schulman Senior Director, Internet Policy International Trademark Association 1250 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 200 Washington DC, USA +1-202-704-0408, skype: lsschulman www.inta.org Find us on: [Description: Description: Description: cid:F361C18F-02FE-4CF0-= A43E-AA8566DC2514] Twitter [Description: Descri= ption: LinkedIn] LinkedIn [Description: Description: facebook-logo (2)] Facebook [Description: Description: pnpb_sig.png] --_000_6570788076687165657566717168696976657173717073676875737_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear Secretariat,

 

Our subgroup has a question regarding legal review o= f the Draft Guidelines for Standard of Conduct Presumed to Be Good Faith with Exerci= sing Removal of ICANN Board Members. We discussed the issue at our Octo= ber 3 meeting and we do not anticipate the need for heavy assistance. =  However, it would be prudent, once the draft guidelines are completed, to have a review by a legal expert wit= h substantial experience in California nonprofit governance.  We want = to make sure that there are no red flags or precedents contrary to our reco= mmendations. Diligence requires process and as long as we have a clear and documented process, we should be able t= o meet a “good faith” standard.  However, given the quirks= of CA law, the subgroup would not want to assume anything.  We would = anticipate maybe 8-10 hours of very experienced, independent attorney time at a maximum.  Our understanding is that we are to ask = for the assistance of the ICANN in-house legal team before we go to outside= counsel.  This seems to be a prudent, cost-effective measure.  H= owever, we are concerned about a possible conflict of interest with an in-house team that essentially reports to the Board. &= nbsp; Has this particular conflict been vetted with regard to creating= guidelines for good faith conduct for petitioning for a Board member’= ;s removal, or the entire Board for that matter, and having a legal team that reports to the Board review it?  If so, = would you kindly direct us to the opinion?  If not, may we have guidan= ce in this area?

 

We are happy to discuss our concerns with members of= the Legal Sub team as necessary.

 

Lori

 

 

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