Dear Community Leaders,

This is a friendly reminder that the FY15 Community Special Budget Process effort is currently under way.  The submission period opened January 6, 2014 and will close on March 7, 2014.  Please submit your requests and inquiries to controller@icann.org. 

Best regards,

ICANN Staff (Finance/GSE/Policy)

From: "Xavier J. Calvez" <xavier.calvez@icann.org>
Date: Friday, December 13, 2013 8:44 PM
To: "community-finance@icann.org" <community-finance@icann.org>
Cc: Robert Hoggarth <robert.hoggarth@icann.org>, "Taryn S. Presley" <taryn.presley@icann.org>, Sally Costerton <sally@sallycosterton.com>, David Olive <david.olive@icann.org>, Susanna Bennett <susanna.bennett@icann.org>, Janice Douma-Lange <janice.lange@icann.org>
Subject: FY15 Budget process: Community Special Budget Process

Dear Community Leaders,

As we committed in Buenos Aires, we begin our FY15 SO-AC Community Special Budget Process effort.  This brief package provides:

· A summary of the process for FY15 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 FY15 template request form.

As you can see from the timeline, we hope to trigger the ability to accept community request templates on Monday, January 6.  In preparation for that January date, 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 currently 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 FY15.

Best regards,

ICANN Staff (Finance/GSE/Policy)