<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">need to decide what we want to ask for. IGF is obvious. Beyond that, unclear. Note that we received funds last time around that we have not spent, e.g. for print materials, so staff will look carefully and a bit skeptically at anything it looks like we may not actually pull off.<div><br></div><div>BD<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">ICANN-Controller <<a href="mailto:controller@icann.org">controller@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[community-finance] FY15 Budget process: Community Special Budget Process</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">February 11, 2014 at 3:55:32 AM GMT+1<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:community-finance@icann.org">community-finance@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:community-finance@icann.org">community-finance@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Sally Costerton <<a href="mailto:sally.costerton@icann.org">sally.costerton@icann.org</a>>, David Taylor <<a href="mailto:david.taylor@icann.org">david.taylor@icann.org</a>>, Janice Douma Lange <<a href="mailto:janice.lange@icann.org">janice.lange@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 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 Community Leaders,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 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: 0in 0in 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);">This is a friendly reminder that the FY15 Community Special Budget Process effort is currently under way. The submission period opened January 6, 2014 and will close on March 7, 2014. Please submit your requests and inquiries to<a href="mailto:controller@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">controller@icann.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 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: 0in 0in 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);">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 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: 0in 0in 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);">ICANN Staff (Finance/GSE/Policy)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">"Xavier J. Calvez" <<a href="mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">xavier.calvez@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Friday, December 13, 2013 8:44 PM<br><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:community-finance@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">community-finance@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:community-finance@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">community-finance@icann.org</a>><br><b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Robert Hoggarth <<a href="mailto:robert.hoggarth@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">robert.hoggarth@icann.org</a>>, "Taryn S. Presley" <<a href="mailto:taryn.presley@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">taryn.presley@icann.org</a>>, Sally Costerton <<a href="mailto:sally@sallycosterton.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">sally@sallycosterton.com</a>>, David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">david.olive@icann.org</a>>, Susanna Bennett <<a href="mailto:susanna.bennett@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">susanna.bennett@icann.org</a>>, Janice Douma-Lange <<a href="mailto:janice.lange@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">janice.lange@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>FY15 Budget process: Community Special Budget Process<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">Dear Community Leaders,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">As we committed in Buenos Aires, we begin our FY15 SO-AC Community Special Budget Process effort. This brief package provides:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">A summary of the process for FY15 Community Special Budget requests, including a confirmed timeline for the process</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">A set of process principles to govern our request assessment work</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">A copy of the FY15 template request form.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">As you can see from the timeline, we hope to trigger the ability to accept community request templates on Monday, January 6. In preparation for that January date, please review the various documents. We would appreciate any comments or feedback you have on any of the documents. In particular,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">Feedback on the program process and timeline as drafted</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">Feedback on the program principles as drafted</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">Feedback on the Budget Request Template</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">We are currently re-building the wiki and support infrastructure to enable the early January request kick-off date.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">I look forward to working with you all again on this effort for FY15.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(23, 55, 94);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ICANN Staff (Finance/GSE/Policy)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>