Greetings, As you know, at ICANN 61 on several occasions I discussed the timing of ICANN Org activities associated with the eventual approval of the FY19 Budget Operating Plan by the Board, and the timing of the Board’s approval on the Budget on the ability of the Empowered Community to hold a Rejection Action Petition Public Forum during ICANN 62 in Panama. At that time I calculated that so long as the Rejection Action Board Notice is delivered to the Empowered Community between 8 May 2018 and 31-May 2018 the Empowered Community, should the need to do so arise, would be able to hold a Rejection Action Community Forum during ICANN 62. This continues to be the case despite the push-back from 12 April 2018 to 24 April 2018 of the Staff report on the public comments received regarding the FY19 Budget and Operating Plan. What DOES change is the amount of time the Board will have to digest the Staff’s report on the public comments before adoption of the Budget if indeed it is their intent to trigger the Rejection Action Board notice within the window which would permit a Rejection Action Petition Public Forum during ICANN 62. FYI ICANN Staff has reached out to the Empowered Community Administration to begin planning for a potential Rejection Action Petition Public Forum during ICANN 62. As I have noted previously, the odds of a successful Rejection Action Petition regarding the FY19 Budget and Operating Plan, thus triggering a Rejection Action Petition Public Forum, remain extremely low. Planning never hurts however… Best Regards, /Stephen