<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Here is the call for Budget requests <br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Community Members and Leaders,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">15 December 2016 marks the launch of the FY18 SO-AC Community Additional Budget Request process. As you know, this process pertains to a dedicated part of the overall ICANN annual budget that is set aside to fund specific requests from
the community for activities that are not already included in the recurring ICANN budget. The timeline and deliverables for the process are as follows:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>FY18 Community Additional Budget Requests Timeline</b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Start</b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>End</b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kick off and Submission period<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">12/15/2016<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1/30/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Preliminary review of requests by ICANN staff<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1/31/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3/10/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SO/AC consultations at ICANN 58 (by request, during Constituents’ Day)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3/11/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3/16/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN staff<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3/20/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4/14/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">5/15/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">5/31/2017<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Action items</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In preparation for the submission, please review the following documents attached with this email:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">FY18 Community Additional Budget Requests Process description and timeline<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">Principles that govern ICANN’s request assessment work
<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">FY18 template request form
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please e-mail any questions you may have to <a href="mailto:controller@icann.org" target="_blank">controller@icann.org</a>. For updates related to the FY18 SO/AC Additional Budget Requests Process, please access the following web page on the Finance Community
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to working with you all again on this effort for FY18!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN Staff<u></u><u></u></p>
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