Dear All, I am following-up on the message below to remind you of the deadline for FY14 requests from RALOs which is Monday 18 March 2013. When completing your templates, please remember to include deliverables and the rationale why ICANN should fund the activity. (and please make sure you show how the proposal ties up with the ICANN strategy) General Assemblies (GAs) As you know, the ALAC is going to submit a proposal for a second At-Large Summit (ATLAS2) to take place in FY14. The At-Large Summit would include a General Assembly for each of the RALOs. At this point in time, it is therefore redundant for RALOs to ask for a General Assembly this Financial Year. Internet Governance Forum (IGF) workshops Requests for workshops at the IGF will be dependent on the workshops being accepted by the MAG/IGF so make sure that you submit the requests for workshops in time for the IGF schedule, which shows a deadline for the preliminary call for workshop proposals on 22 March 2013. ExCom meeting Due to the shortening of the ICANN meeting week with the Board meeting now on Thursday, the ALAC will be submitting a request to support the ExCom and Liaisons for an extra night at the end of the ICANN Meetings in FY14 (Friday night) so that they may discuss follow-up items and plan strategy for the time between meetings, as it has customarily done on Friday afternoons when the Board meeting was on Friday morning. Finally, the At-Large Finance & Budget Sub-Committee will be holding a call to review *all* requests (and not only the Fast Track ones) on 20 March 2013. Kind regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond Chair of the FBSC On 07/03/2013 16:53, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote:

Dear All,

As requested on the Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC)/RALO Leaders Call of Thursday, 28 February, please find the links to the key documents for the FY14 AC/SO budget request process:

· *At Large - FY14 Special Budget Request <https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/At+Large+-+FY14+Special+B...> - Finance Department's Workspace for At-Large (includes FY14 AC budget request template)*

· *At-Large FY14 Budget Development Workspace <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+FY14+Budget+Development+Workspace>*

· *FY14 SO-AC-SG Budget Processv1.xlsx <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/FY14+SO-AC-SG+Budget+Processv1.xlsx?version=1&modificationDate=1358974529000>*

· *FY14 Budget Process - Community Call - 17 Jan.pdf <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/FY14+Budget+Process+-+Community+Call+-+17+Jan.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1358974731000>*

· *FY14 Special Budget Request Guidelines.docx <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/FY14+Special+Budget+Request+Guidelines.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1358974555000>*

· *Template - SO-AC-SG FY14 Budget Request.docx <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/Template+-+SO-AC-SG+FY14+Budget+Request.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1358974588000>*

· *Community Additional Budget Request Criteria Matrix.xlsx <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/Community+Additional+Budget+Request+Criteria+Matrix.xlsx?version=1&modificationDate=1358974649000>*

*Instructions for submitting AC FY14 requests: *

1. Send your completed At-Large FY14 AC budget request template to Olivier Crepin-Leblond (ocl@gih.com <mailto:ocl@gih.com>) and At-Large staff ( staff@atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>) *by 18 March 2013.*

*2. *At-Large staff will post the completed At-Large FY14 AC budget request templates to the *At-Large FY14 Budget Development Workspace <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+FY14+Budget+Development+Workspace>*

3. The FBSC will review the completed At-Large FY14 AC budget request templates during a call on 20 March 2013.

4. The FBSC will direct staff to submit the At-Large FY14 AC budget requests for review by the ICANN Controller.

5. ICANN finance staff will confirm and validate your submission by reviewing and posting your request in the dedicated wiki workspace within 48 hours of its submission

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*Deadlines for the of FY14 budget request templates:*

* *Deadline for RALOs to submit all FY14 AC requests to Olivier and At-Large staff => 18 March 2013* * *Early vote/decision by April => At-Large to submit to ICANN Controller by 22 March 2013 **(please note that the early vote/decision process is for budget requests with activities in the first month of FY 14 (i.e., July 2013)* * *Vote/decision by June => At-Large submit to ICANN Controller by 29 April 2013*

Please let At-Large staff know if you have any questions related to the FY14 AC Budget Request process.

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, and Julia Charvolen

ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC

E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>