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Draft FY2008/2009 Budget and Operating Plan draft posted for public comment
by Nick Ashton-Hart 19 May '08

19 May '08

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17may08.htm ICANN Posts Draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget 17 May 2008 Each year, from July through December, ICANN's planning cycle calls for creation of the Strategic Plan. At the end of December 2007, the ICANN Board approved ICANN's Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is the three-year overview document that describes the strategic priorities for ICANN. See: http://www.icann.org/strategic-plan/. Each year, from January through June, there is a follow-on planning effort to create the Operating Plan and Budget for a single year. This document outlines the work map and financial requirements for the next fiscal year, consistent with implementing the Strategic Plan Objectives. The planning work for fiscal year 2009 began with a consultation in Delhi. The community and ICANN's Board reviewed an initial budget framework presented at New Delhi in February 2008. This approach provided the community the earliest opportunity yet to provide input on a draft budget. Staff held consultations regarding the budget and plan, received posted comments, and worked with the ICANN Board Finance Committee to develop the draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget. Substantial work has taken place to incorporate feedback from the community, Board, and staff since the initial framework was first presented in February 2008, but the overall scope and themes remain consistent. In this fiscal year, highlights of planned ICANN results and activities include: Complete, and then launch the new generic TLD (gTLD) program. Based on progress with the IDN "fast track" process, introduce country code IDNs (ccIDN) at the top level. As part of establishing a documented security agenda, deliver on DNSSEC readiness, ICANN-internal security improvements, and training on disaster planning and mitigation for interested country code operators Working with RIRs and the NRO, continue to highlight issues related to IPv4 depletion and IPv6 adoption Grow and enhance contractual compliance capability on behalf of registrant protection Invest in IANA services and staffing to improve service availability, automation, response time, and disaster recovery. Strengthen the multi-stakeholder model by implementing GNSO improvements, expanding stakeholder travel support and expanding translation programs. In summary, the draft budget proposes revenues of about $60.7MM and total expenses (including depreciation, allowances and contingency) of $58.5MM with a contribution to reserve of about $2.2MM. Compared to what was presented in New Delhi, this actually represents a reduction in operating expenses from $54.1MM to $51.8MM. As compared to FY08, the total expense budget, including contingency, is projected to increase from $42.6MM to $58.5MM (37% increase). Operating expenses (excluding contingency, depreciation, and bad debt) are projected to increase from $38.9MM to $51.8MM (33% increase). This draft Operating Plan and Budget calls for substantial expense growth for ICANN, as a result of an ambitious work program for FY09, as dictated by the Strategic Plan. The goal of this draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget document is to enable informed, active community and Board feedback regarding proposed objectives and plans. And, when the draft plan is finalized and approved, establish the resources and objectives that will deliver on the right initiatives for the ICANN community during FY09. This draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget is being posted for community review with the support of the Board Finance Committee (BFC). The plan is available at: http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-opplan-budget-fy08-09-17may07.pdf [PDF, 356K] This draft plan is one more step in the planning cycle, to allow for additional review and feedback. A public comment forum is available at: op-budget-fy2009(a)icann.org Additionally, consultations will be held with ICANN constituencies to get direct feedback, and the final plan discussed at ICANN's Paris meeting, for adoption by ICANN's Board in June. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA DD: +1 (310) 301-8637 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] toll free number
by Hong Xue 08 May '08

08 May '08

Dear Cheryl, I will try to call in but am not sure if the toll free number is working in China Mainland or not. It used to be blocked. In case I cannot call in, could you let the operator call me at +86-10-82425692? Thanks Hong On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <cheryl(a)hovtek.com.au> wrote: > Your Apologies will be noted Izumi... on a related matter can you let me > know when we can have a short chat (Skype will do) relating to some schedule > difficulties for all the meetings and workshop(s) we need to arrange for in > Paris Meeting and the time currently allocated for the IPv6 Workshop you > have arranged? > > Thanks > > CLO > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: izumiaizu(a)gmail.com [mailto:izumiaizu@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Izumi > AIZU > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:23 AM > To: Asia-Pacific Discuss > Cc: Cheryl Langdon-Orr; Nick Ashton-Hart > Subject: apology > > I got a business meeting this afternoon and thus will not > be able to join the conf call of APRALO. So sorry about > that. > > best, > > izumi > > > > _______________________________________________ > APAC-Discuss mailing list > APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org >

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myanmar cyclone
by Edmon Chung 06 May '08

06 May '08

Hi Everyone, I wonder if anyone is aware of efforts for relief for the myanmar cyclone. We at DotAsia are exploring what we can do to contribute, would like to see if there is anyone who is already working on anything. Edmon

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO planning for IGF
by Hong Xue 03 May '08

03 May '08

The Workshop Proposal is posted at APRALO wiki at https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?planning_for_igf_2008 Hong On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 1:11 PM, nirmol agarwal <nirmolagarwal(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Hong, > > I know it is a bit late in the day to ask you for this but, if you can let > me know how to get on to the page where you have posted your IGF proposal. > > I have been travelling for the past few days and didn't got chance to check > my mails. > > Rgds, > > N. > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Hong Xue <hongxueipr(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Given that the submission deadline is coming very soon and I won't > > have any Internet access tomorrow, I made a draft and posted at > > > http://intgovforum.org/interface/interface/proposal_View.php?response_id=29 > > > > Editions are very welcome still. > > > > Hong > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Hong Xue <hongxueipr(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear Mr. Peake, > > > > > > Thank you for very insightful suggestions. My colleagues at the APRALO > > > would be grateful for your suggestions on the following issues: > > > > > > Could we apply for a session at the plenary, rather than a parallel > > > workshop? This is a the first IGF in AP region that is most Internet > > > populous. APRALO would like to do more contribution for the Internet > > > users in this region. > > > > > > Hong Xue > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Adam Peake <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> wrote: > > > > Dear Hong, > > > > > > > > This looks like an interesting proposal, thanks! > > > > > > > > I'm a member of the IGF advisory group and have some information > that might > > > > help you. We realized that completing all the information in the > workshop > > > > proposal questionnaire by the April 30 deadline would quite > difficult, so > > > > for April 30 it's only necessary to answer questions 1, 2, 4 and 9. > If you > > > > can answer more, then please do, but the basic questions are: > > > > > > > > 1. Name of proposed workshop > > > > > > > > 2. Provide a concise description of the proposed workshop theme > including > > > > its importance and relevance to the IGF. > > > > > > > > 4. Provide the name of the organizer(s) of the workshop and their > > > > affiliation to various stakeholder groups. Describe how you will take > steps > > > > to adhere to the multi-stakeholder principle, geographical diversity > and > > > > gender balance. > > > > > > > > 9. Under which of the five IGF themes does the proposal fall under ? > > > > (access, critical Internet resources, diversity, openness, security) > > > > > > > > Question 2 requires a description of the workshop in about 100- 200 > words, > > > > then list up the names of organizations you would like to invite. IGF > > > > workshops should try to present a range of points of view on an > issue. It's > > > > important to make sure a broad range of interests are represented. > > > > > > > > People perhaps able to help could be Raj Singh, now with ISOC and of > course > > > > very familiar with APRALO. Theresa Swinehart, Global Partnerships. > I think > > > > Theresa might be coordinating ICANN's efforts in Hyderabad (and if > not she's > > > > anyway a member of the IGF advisory group so I expect would be > helpful.) > > > > > > > > Milton Mueller is working on a related proposal you might be > interested to > > > > see > <http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2008-04/msg00424.html> No > > > > overlap with what you're proposing. And best to make sure you don't > overlap > > > > or you may be asked to combine your proposals. > > > > > > > > And... last, about the proposal itself (and this is my personal > opinion, > > > > nothing to do with the advisory group). Given that most international > policy > > > > processes are conducted in English (of course some have > interpretation etc, > > > > but the default tends to be English) the idea of looking at > multilingual > > > > services and multilingual policy-making is very interesting. And very > > > > important to users. I suggest you look beyond just ICANN and try to > include > > > > other organizations -- how do they involve users, how do they address > > > > multilingual issues (ITU, IETF, W3C, WIPO, etc etc.) > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 1:05 PM +0800 4/26/08, Hong Xue wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > > > > > Please see my draft proposal for a workshop at IGF 2008 at > > > > > https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?planning_for_igf_2008. > > > > > > > > > > This is the very preliminary draft for us to "hold a place" at the > IGF > > > > > schedule. Feel free to make any change or supplement on the draft. > I > > > > > hope all the comments could be wrapped up by April 29, which would > > > > > make us submit the proposal on April 30. > > > > > > > > > > Hong > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > APAC-Discuss mailing list > > > > > APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > > > > > > > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > > > > > > > > > Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > APAC-Discuss mailing list > > APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > > > Homepage for the region: http://www.apralo.org > > > >

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