hello all, The Draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and Draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget is open for public comments. The public comment period will close 25 February 2020 (23:59 UTC) Purpose: The purpose of this public comment is to seek community input on ICANN's draft FY21-25 Operating & Financial Plan and draft FY21 Operating Plan and Budget. Current Status: Following the community's inputs<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-financial-projections-fy2021-202...> on the key Operating Initiatives and Financial assumptions and projection from June to August, 2019. ICANN Organization (ICANN org) prepared and is publishing the draft plans for public review and comment. The draft Operating and Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 defines and demonstrates how ICANN org will implement the Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021–2025 that was adopted by the ICANN Board in June 2019. The Strategic Plan enables ICANN to continue to fulfill its mission and meet new and continuously evolving challenges and opportunities. The draft Operating and Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 is intended to serve as an overarching, holistic view of the activities ICANN org is undertaking, or will undertake, in support of its FY21–25 Strategic Plan. It is not a replacement for ICANN org's annual operating plans, but is meant to complement them by providing a comprehensive overview of how ICANN will carry out its mission in the public interest over the next five years. The draft FY21 Operating Plan and Budget defines and describes ICANN's planned activities in FY21, and the anticipated funding sources and levels. Next Steps: During this Public Comment Period, three community webinars will be held in Jan 2020 to provide an overview of the draft plans. Please also see announcement<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-12-13-en> for details of the webinars. * 09 January 2020 at 01:00 UTC https://icann.zoom.us/j/935036343 * 09 January 2020 at 16:00 UTC https://icann.zoom.us/j/506858960 * 14 January 2020 at 16:00 UTC https://icann.zoom.us/j/257109807 Community members seeking clarification on any details in the draft FY21- 25 Operating & Financial Plan and /or draft FY21 Operating Plan & Budget should submit questions to planning@icann.org<mailto:planning@icann.org> by 21 January 2020. ICANN org will provide responses to clarifying questions by 05 February 2020, approximately three weeks before this public comment period ends. After this Public Comment Period ICANN org will hold sessions with the ICANN Board and community at ICANN67 regarding these draft plans. ICANN org will analyze the received public comments, prepare a report of the public comments, and publish the report by 27 March 2020. Where deemed necessary, changes will be made to the draft plans and the revised draft plans will be presented to the ICANN Board and proposed for adoption by the Board in May 2020, a minimum of 28 days in advance of the beginning of Fiscal Year 2021, to allow for the Empowered Community to consider the plans. About the ccNSO Strategic and Operational Planning Committee (SOPC): The aim of the Committee is to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of ccTLD managers in ICANN and PTI's strategic and operational planning processes and related budgetary processes. The ccNSO Council and individual ccTLD managers, collectively or individually, will be invited to support the position or input of the Committee. Membership of the Committee is open to all ccTLD managers (whether members or non-members of the ccNSO). The Committee may submit a relevant Rejection Action Petition against the ICANN and IANA budgets, as well as their Strategic and operating Plans as defined in the ICANN Bylaws, Annex D, section 2.1 (f), (g), (h) and (i) to the ccNSO as Decisional Participant. read more: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/sopiwg.htm Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org