Dear BC Members, Please find below an ICANN announcement of interest to BC members stating that the FY14 Operating Plan and Budget has been approved by the ICANN Board and will therefore be adopted. Thank you, Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat bc-secretariat@icann.org https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27aug13-en.htm Adopted FY14 Operating Plan and Budget 27 August 2013 On 22 August 2013, the ICANN Board approved the <http://www.icann.org/en/about/financials/adopted-opplan-budget-fy14-22aug13 -en.pdf> FY14 Operating Plan and Budget [PDF, 1.05 MB]. This document describes the planned core operations and project activities, aligned with the required funding, for the 2014 fiscal year. These funded project activities are based on ICANN's strategic priorities as documented in the adopted three year 2013-2015 Strategic Plan, and include input taken from comments and feedback received from the community on the draft Operating Plan and Budget posted on 10 May 2013. Within the adopted Budget are the FY14 Special Budget Requests [ <http://www.icann.org/en/about/financials/budget-requests-fy14-22aug13-en.pd f> PDF, 238 KB] [ <http://www.icann.org/en/about/financials/budget-requests-spreadsheet-fy14-2 2aug13-en.xlsx> XLSX, 38 KB] from the Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, and Stakeholder Groups. Those additional requests will be implemented in conjunction with the appropriate ICANN staff work. Throughout the year, up to date financial information can be found on the <https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/Community+Group+Workspac e> ICANN Financial Information webpage. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org