*Dear APRALO members* *In support of Ali's message* - you really only have 9 days maximum to get your submissions in to the Leadership Team for consideration before we have to send our APRALO submissions to the Budget committee. As usual, funding is limited so that the APRALO leadership Team will have to consider criteria for selecting the best applications. Key criteria will include the applicant's current participation in APRALO and wider At-Large activities (online as well as, or in place of, face to face) and the benefits of the submission for enhancing engagement and global public interest within the AP region. Unfortunately we are not going to have much time to help you put these submissions together as we did last year, because we ourselves will be involved in writing up APRALO and other At-Large submissions within the same tight timeframe. But please do ask Ali or myself if you have any questions. While taking into account the documents Ali has sent you, please also ensure that your submission includes, and is structured around, at least one of the goals and objectives of *ICANN's strategic plan (2016-2020). * https://www.*icann*.org/en/system/files/files/*strategic*- *plan*-2016-2020-10oct14-en.pdf Good luck and get your submission in to Ali by the 14th of January at the LATEST. Maureen 1. <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xUKP75aGlU0J:https://w...> 2. <https://www.google.co.ck/search?q=related:https://www.icann.org/en/system/fi...> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Ali AlMeshal <dralialmeshal@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear All, Request your full attention to this email and looking for your input. As per the timeline the 15/1/2017 is the final day to submit the request but you have to send it at least 2 days before for APRALO LT review and initial approval. So should you have any funding request which meet the criteria (Read the attached doc) then please do send it to me as soon as possible.

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICANN-Controller <controller@icann.org> Date: Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 3:47 AM Subject: [Finance-sc] [community-finance] FY18 SO/AC Additional Budget Requests Process - Official Start To: "community-finance@icann.org" <community-finance@icann.org>

Dear Community Members and Leaders,

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:

FY18 Community Additional Budget Requests Timeline

Start

End

Kick off and Submission period

12/15/2016

1/30/2017

Preliminary review of requests by ICANN staff

1/31/2017

3/10/2017

SO/AC consultations at ICANN 58 (by request, during Constituents' Day)

3/11/2017

3/16/2017

Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN staff

3/20/2017

4/14/2017

ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting

5/15/2017

5/31/2017

Action items

In preparation for the submission, please review the following documents attached with this email:

* FY18 Community Additional Budget Requests Process description and timeline * Principles that govern ICANN's request assessment work * FY18 template request form

https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=63153499

We look forward to working with you all again on this effort for FY18!

Regards,

ICANN Staff

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