<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">February 22, 2009 11:16:57 PM GMT+01:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza <<a href="mailto:caf@fgv.br">caf@fgv.br</a>>, Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:MWong@piercelaw.edu">MWong@piercelaw.edu</a>>, William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch">william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch</a>>, Robin Gross <<a href="mailto:robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG">robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Glen de Saint Gery <<a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>>, Kevin Wilson <<a href="mailto:kevin.wilson@icann.org">kevin.wilson@icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><b>URGENT: Framework for FY10 Operating Plan and Budget</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dear<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">A</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">ll,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><br>Attached please find the invitation from Kevin to provide community input to the FY10 Operating Plan and Budget.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dear council, committee, and constituency leaders:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">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: </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>ˇ<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Conference call before Mexico City with your community</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>ˇ<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Present during your council/committee/constituency meeting in Mexico City</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>ˇ<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Present to the general community during one of the public forums</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>ˇ<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Conference call after Mexico City.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span>ˇ<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Online public comment</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Please let me know what would serve your community best. Thank you in advance for your feedback.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Kevin Wilson</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">CFO</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="mailto:kevin.wilson@icann.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">kevin.wilson@icann.org</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US">The framework for the FY10 Operating Plan and Budget is now posted on the website with a link from the front page:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-17feb09-en.htm" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-17feb09-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">TITLE: Your Input Required for Operating Plan and Budget Framework - Fiscal Year 2010</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Proposed Framework for ICANN's FY10 Operating Plan and Budget</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">17 February 2009</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">The release of ICANN's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/ops-budget-framework-10-en.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) Operating Plan and Budget</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[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.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">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).</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">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.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">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:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200904.html#op-budget-fy2010" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200904.html#op-budget-fy2010</a></span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></body></html>