Dear Xavier:
The IPC will not be submitting a public comment in the re-opened forum. We await a response to the reply comments that we timely filed on June 21, see http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-op-budget-fy14-10may13/msg00015.html . We note that our comments were omitted from the staff summary of comments received (http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-op-budget-fy14-10may13/msg00019.html ), from the document responding to public comments, see http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/summary-comments-op-budget-fy14-... , and from the presentation made at the Finance session in Durban, see http://durban47.icann.org/meetings/durban2013/presentation-finance-17jul13-e... . You e-mailed me on July 18 to say that "we will provide a 2nd version of responses that will include responses to the IPC and ccNSO comments," but I have not seen anything yet. It does not seem that the public comment process is a useful way for IPC to express its views to ICANN on this issue, so we are pursuing other channels, which have included direct conversations with you and other ICANN staff.
In any event it does not seem as though the re-opened comment period covers the staff recommendations on IPC requests for funding from the AC/SO support account, since these recommendations were not "presented during the Finance session at ICANN 47," but instead were communicated to us via e-mail later in the Durban meeting. With respect to these recommendations, I can convey IPC's deep disappointment that ICANN will not provide any funding for an IPC secretariat, which is our top priority and an essential step to facilitate our continued participation in the multi-stakeholder model. In light of this recommendation, we are now pursuing alternatives, some of which have been discussed with you.
Steve Metalitz, IPC VP
Cc: chair, Board Finance Committee
From: Xavier J. Calvez [mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 1:12 PM To: community-finance@icann.org; jcurran@arin.net; dmaher@pir.org; pdiaz@pir.org; Drazek, Keith; Adams, Michael D.; Gomes, Chuck; Julie Hedlund; chris@andalucia.com; tonyarholmes@btinternet.com; Elisa Cooper; Paul Wilson; Lynn Gravel; Byron Holland; lesley@nominet.org.uk; Heather Dryden; jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com; louis@louie.net; Olivier Crepin-Leblond; Patrik Fältström; junsec@wide.ad.jp; Metalitz, Steven; krosette@cov.com; Robin Gross; William Drake; alain.berranger@gmail.com; matt.serlin@markmonitor.com Cc: Jeannie Ellers; Bart Boswinkel; Gabriella Schittek; David Olive; Heidi Ullrich; Glen de Saint Géry; Robert Hoggarth; Karla Valente; Xavier J. Calvez; Susanna Bennett; Marika Konings; Ken Redhead; Janice Douma Lange; Aba Diakite; Maya S. Reynolds; Taryn S. Presley Subject: Public Comment Re-Opened until AUG 4 - ICANN FY14 Draft Operating Plan and Budget
Dear SO/AC/SG Leaders and ICANN Finance Community Members,
Thank you so much for your participation to our ICANN Finance Session and Budget Process Improvement Work Session During ICANN 47 in Durban. As I mentioned during the session, the Public Comment period has been re-opened until August 4, 2013 to allow the community to post comments to the FY14 Draft Budget changes presented during the Finance Session at ICANN 47. If you have any additional comment you would like to post, please follow the instruction below to submit your comment:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/op-budget-fy14-10may13-en.htm
Thank you.
Best regards,
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
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