December 2014 - Community-Finance

Announcement of Singapore Budget working group: call for participants
by Xavier J. Calvez Jan. 1, 2015

Jan. 1, 2015

The below working group definition has resulted from input received during 2 calls held between staff and participating community members early end of November: OBJECTIVE: Early community input on the FY16 Operating plan and Budget process. HOW: Small working group (up to 15 participants in total, including about 3-4 staff) to review and define budget assumptions relative to Revenue, priorities, initiatives, expenses envelopes. WHEN: During Singapore meeting, in an approximately 4-hour working session, from 18:30 to 22:30 (including a dinner break). The chosen day will be determined through doodle poll. WHO: * Any Community member: staff, board (BFC members most likely), stakeholders. * Members must have the experience of either the ICANN¹s budget process, OR another organization¹s budget process * Representation: > * Ideally, participants come from a large number of different organizations, > so that the group benefits from diverse views/backgrounds, > * However, participants represent only themselves, and not the organization(s) > that they may be members of (working group members do not bind their > organization of origin with their views). > * The group does not have to represent all stakeholders, it simply needs to > have interested and competent members. WHAT IT IS NOT: * A budget steering committee * An opportunity to ask or direct funding * A required step in the process to provide input. Separate input can be provided independently during the public comment process. ACTION: If you have participated to ICANN¹s or another organization¹s budget process, and are interested to participate to this working meeting, look for the upcoming doodle poll to choose which day(s) of the Singapore meeting week you can participate. See attached a reminder of the budget calendar for FY16. Thanks, Xavier Xavier Calvez CFO ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office: +1 (310) 301-5838 Fax: +1 (310) 957-2348 Cell: +1 (805) 312-0052

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FY16 SO/AC Additional Budget request process
by Xavier J. Calvez Dec. 20, 2014

Dec. 20, 2014

Dear Community Members and Leaders, We begin our FY16 SO-AC Community Special Budget Process effort. This brief package provides: · A summary of the process for FY16 Community Special Budget requests, including a confirmed timeline for the process · A set of process principles to govern our request assessment work · A copy of the FY16 template request form. As you can see from the timeline, we hope to trigger the ability to accept community request templates from Monday, January 5 until Saturday, February 28. In preparation for the submission, please review the various documents. We would appreciate any comments or feedback you have on any of the documents. In particular, · Feedback on the program process and timeline as drafted · Feedback on the program principles as drafted · Feedback on the Budget Request Template We are re-building the wiki and support infrastructure to enable the early January request kick-off date. I look forward to working with you all again on this effort for FY16. Best regards, ICANN Staff (Finance/GSE/Policy) ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office: +1 (310) 301-5838 Fax: +1 (310) 957-2348 Cell: +1 (805) 312-0052

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FY16 Operating Plan & Budget Working Session around ICANN 52 - PST 0700 – 0800 / UTC 1500 - 1600
by Carole Cornell Dec. 4, 2014

Dec. 4, 2014

Date: Wednesday 3 December 2014 Time: PST 0700 – 0800 / UTC 1500 – 1600 http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html Link to Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/pmo/ *Upon logging into Adobe Connect, a pop up window will provide you the option to Dial Out to your Phone. Enter your Phone Number* (Remember to change the Country Code if needed). After joining the call, as a courtesy to others and the presenters, please MUTE your phone. This can be done by selecting *6 on your keypad. To UNMUTE select *6 again. If you are Unable to log into Adobe Connect and can only join via phone: List of International Dial In Numbers: View dial-in numbers<https://mtginfo.pgi.com/globalcallmanagement.asp?bwebid=9820041&cid=da67e6b…> Participant Passcode: 984 553 6151 Agenda: We would like to discuss the formation and timing of working session(S) around the Singapore ICANN 52 for the FY16 Operating Plan & Budget to review main assumptions underlying the FY16 budget. 1) Review a draft charter of what the working group entails 2) Review suggested timing options 3) Format for working session 4) Next steps Thank you! Carole

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