Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: February 22, 2009 11:16:57 PM GMT+01:00 > To: Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza <[log in to unmask]>, Mary Wong <[log in to unmask] > >, William Drake <[log in to unmask]>, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask] > > > Cc: Glen de Saint Gery <[log in to unmask]>, Kevin > Wilson <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: URGENT: Framework for FY10 Operating Plan and Budget > > > Dear All, > > Attached please find the invitation from Kevin to provide community > input to the FY10 Operating Plan and Budget. > > Please let me know if you would like a teleconference scheduled > before Mexico City, a face to face meeting with Kevin during the > constituency day meetings, or a teleconference after the Mexico City > meetings, so that whatever you choose can be timely scheduled. > > Thank you very much. > Kind regards, > Glen > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > > > Dear council, committee, and constituency leaders: > > Attached please find a PDF of the proposed Framework for the FY10 > Operating Plan and Budget which has been posted for public comment. > Below is the link to the announcement and comment forum. We have > done our best to prepare more detail this year and prepare for what > is most important to the ICANN community including reducing the > increase to 4.9% in response to the global economic situation. > Input from your community is valued with specific emphasis this year > on your insights on where we can delay, defer, or streamline the > plan to save. Prioritizing spending is important as well. Given > the tight schedule in Mexico City, I am actively seeking your > guidance on how best to present, answer questions, receive input, > and integrate suggestions from your community. Options for this > interaction are listed below: > > ˇ Conference call before Mexico City with your community > ˇ Present during your council/committee/constituency meeting > in Mexico City > ˇ Present to the general community during one of the public > forums > ˇ Conference call after Mexico City. > ˇ Online public comment > > Please let me know what would serve your community best. Thank you > in advance for your feedback. > > Kevin Wilson > CFO > [log in to unmask] > > The framework for the FY10 Operating Plan and Budget is now posted > on the website with a link from the front page: > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-17feb09-en.htm > TITLE: Your Input Required for Operating Plan and > Budget Framework - Fiscal Year 2010 > Proposed Framework for ICANN's FY10 Operating Plan and Budget > 17 February 2009 > The release of ICANN's Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2010 > (FY10) Operating Plan and Budget [PDF, 868K] kicks off the > operational planning process for ICANN, providing the community the > first look at the planned work and financial resources required for > FY10. The framework will be discussed with members of the ICANN > community at the Mexico City meeting in March, through online public > comment areas, and through conference calls with ICANN > constituencies. A more detailed draft FY10 Operating Plan and Budget > will be posted by 17 May 2009. After more public comment and > feedback, the budget is expected to be adopted by the ICANN Board at > its Sydney meeting in June 2009. > ICANN has now completed its 10th year, and this framework reflects a > growing organization that is attaining operational maturity in many > areas. Many of the organizational support elements envisioned for > ICANN are at levels adequate to provide sufficient support for the > current scale of community work. This means that ICANN's spending > growth is anticipated to slow substantially in the FY10 budget as > compared with previous years (4.9% compared with 30.1% in FY09). > The world economic environment has dictated that costs that can be > deferred will be. ICANN will likely under run its FY09 budget > through some explicit cost controls as well as through the shifting > of some program expenses into FY10. > As always, the community is encouraged to comment on how well this > plan addresses priorities identified in the Strategic Plan. This > year, specifically in light of the world economic climate, the > community is encouraged to comment regarding the plan elements that > might be streamlined, reduced, or deferred: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200904.html#op-budget-fy2010 > > > > > *********************************************************** William J. Drake Senior Associate Centre for International Governance Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland [log in to unmask] New book: Governing Global Electronic Networks, http://tinyurl.com/5mh9jj ***********************************************************