July 2013 - Community-Finance

FW: FY14 Budget - SO/AC add'l budget requests / Regular track / Recommendations to Board
by Xavier J. Calvez July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

Dear all, It looks like I misspelt the email address that I used to send the below email yesterday. Apologies. Thanks. Sincerely, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers CFO Office: +1 (310) 301-5838 Cell: +1 (805) 312-0052 E-fax: +1 (310) 957-2348 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 On 7/17/13 9:17 AM, "Xavier J. Calvez" <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> wrote: >While the Board has not yet approved the final FY14 >budget, and we are still here in Durban, I wanted to give you preliminary >information about the proposed resolution of the special budget requests >that were >made by your communities for the FY14 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2013 to June >30, >2014). > >This year's decisions (currently recommendations to be made by the >Staff to the Board (and awaiting Board final decision on 22 August) are >based >on the resources available and on an evaluation of where the requests are >likely to fit into the existing organizational strategic and operational >plans >and what we know about the direction those efforts are taking. >We would like to gather your comments on any of these recommendations by >AUGUST 4TH and will send further instructions on how to provide/post such >comments). > >There were a total of 23 regular requests from the community >(in addition to the 31 Fast track requests) > >The recommendations Staff has made to the Board were based >on a set of draft principles that we created to govern our assessments of >the >requests. We expect to create a public >comment forum opportunity to give community members an opportunity to >refine >and improve them for FY15. > >The recommendations for all the requests are set out in a >document that has been posted on the Finance Wiki page >[https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/FY14+Regular+Track+Sum >m >a] >. You will see that (1) some requests are >granted directly; (2) some requests are not granted; (3) some requests >are not granted, per se, >but the resources are being made available through the core ICANN budget >and >managed by staff, and (4) in a few cases, new resources are being made >available as part of experimental pilot programs that we will be creating >to >see if the activities are replicable, manageable and effective. In >several cases there is an expectation that >allocated funds will not be available for release until there is an agreed >upon >system (collaboratively developed by both staff and community) for >measuring >reviewing and assessing requests for consistency across the board. >This has proved to be a challenging year as we changed the process to add >the programs' data, but we are >continuing to make progress and I appreciate the commitment and interest >all of >you have committed to this effort. > >strategic and operational planning efforts will substantially reduce the >As we go forward and improve our strategic and operational planning >efforts, we expect the >number of requests as resources and activities to become more consistently >available in our annual operating plan and budget. > > >Thanks. > >Sincerely, >Xavier > >Xavier Calvez >ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > >CFO >Office: +1 (310) 301-5838 >Cell: +1 (805) 312-0052 >E-fax: +1 (310) 957-2348 > >12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 >Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 > >

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(10:00am) -Reminder- Finance Budget Process Improvement Working Group
by Xavier J. Calvez July 17, 2013

July 17, 2013

When: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:00 AM-9:00 AM. Coordinated Universal Time Where: Hall 3B *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Date: Thursday, July 18 Location: Hall 3B Time: 10:00am (Local Time), 8:00am (UTC), 1:00am(PDT), 4:00am (EDT) Other Time Zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Finance+Budget+Pro… inance Budget Process Improvement Working Group Date: Thu, 18 July 2013 - 10:00 - 11:00 Add to Calendar Room: Hall 3B Session Leader: Xavier Calvez<mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org> | Chief Financial Officer Transcript to be provided Remote Participation - Low Bandwidth Audiocast: English<http://stream.icann.org/dur47-hall3b-16-en.m3u> Remote Participation - High Bandwidth Audiocast: English<http://stream.icann.org/dur47-hall3b-64-en.m3u> Virtual Meeting Room http://icann.adobeconnect.com/dur47-hall3b Overview * Reach out SO/SC/SG Leaders to discuss budget process improvement. * Design the budget process

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(10:00am) Finance Budget Process Improvement Working Group
by Xavier J. Calvez July 8, 2013

July 8, 2013

When: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:00 AM-9:00 AM. Coordinated Universal Time Where: Hall 3B *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Date: Thursday, July 18 Location: Hall 3B Time: 10:00am (Local Time), 8:00am (UTC), 1:00am(PDT), 4:00am (EDT) Other Time Zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Finance+Budget+Pro…

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(11:00am) ICANN Finance Open Session
by Xavier J. Calvez July 8, 2013

July 8, 2013

When: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:00 AM-10:30 AM. Coordinated Universal Time Where: Hall 2D *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Date: Wednesday, July 17 Location: Hall 2D Time: 11:00am (Local Time), 9:00am (UTC), 2:00am(PDT), 5:00am (EDT) Other Time Zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ICANN+Finance+Open…

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Communication: Update to FY14 Budget / Public comments responses
by Xavier J. Calvez July 6, 2013

July 6, 2013

Dear Community members, Please find attached a communication on the update of the FY14 budget and draft responses of public comments following the end of the public comment process on the Draft FY14 Budget. Both subjects will be discussed during the Durban public Finance meeting. Thanks. Sincerely, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers CFO Office: +1 (310) 301-5838 Cell: +1 (805) 312-0052 E-fax: +1 (310) 957-2348 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536

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