Dear Heidi - this will confirm that the comment on the ICANN FY11 Operating Plan and Budget has been forwarded to the Board. Regards, Diane On Apr 13, 2010, at 10:03 AM, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote: Dear Diane, The At-Large staff has the honour to transmit to you the ALAC Comment on the ICANN FY11 Operating Plan and Budget on behalf of the At-Large Advisory Committee for distribution to the ICANN Board of Directors. The attached document was composed by the Chair of the ALAC, Cheryl Langdon-Orr and the ALAC Vice-Chairs Sebastien Bachollet and Alan Greenberg. It is based on the preparatory work of the ALAC Finance and Budget Subcommittee and the regional At-Large organisations (RALO). The RALOs discussed the FY11 Operating Plan and Budget Framework during their monthly teleconferences and online. The regional priorities and budget requests for the coming fiscal year have been archived and can be reviewed on a dedicated wiki workspace: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi/index.cgi?regional_input_for_alac_statem... The Chair of the ALAC asked the Staff to start a five-day online vote on the ALAC Comment on the ICANN FY11 Operating Plan and Budget on April 9th and to submit it to the public consultation on the Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Plan and Budget on behalf of the ALAC with a note that the document is currently undergoing the internal ratification process. The online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with a 14-0 vote. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=Ii2NQSj9F7AspeumQetz On April 13th 2010, the Staff person responsible for the public consultation on the Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Plan and Budget was informed about the result and the Statement was also transmitted to the ICANN Board of Directors. As this is a formal Statement of an Advisory Committee to the Board, we provide it by copy hereby to the Secretary of ICANN for distribution to the Board with our compliments. The ALAC welcomes any comments the Board may wish to make by reply. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org> <AL-ALAC-ST-0410-1 ALAC Comment on the ICANN FY11 Operating Plan and Budget - EN.pdf> Diane Schroeder Director of Board Support ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way, Ste. 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Phone - +1-310-823-9358 Fax - +1-310-823-8649 Mobile - +1-562-644-2524 diane.schroeder@icann.org<mailto:diane.schroeder@icann.org>