Dear Community Members and Leaders,

ICANN staff has received requests for short extensions from several SO/AC groups. As a result, we are extending the deadline to submit all requests to 17 February. It is our hope that this extra time will allow you to submit your requests so they can be considered for the FY17 budget.

Please let me know if you have questions.

Regards,

Taryn

Taryn Presley

Sr. Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

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From: community-finance-bounces@icann.org [mailto:community-finance-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Taryn S. Presley
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 6:46 PM
To: community-finance@icann.org
Cc: ICANN-Controller <controller@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [community-finance] FY17 SO-AC Community Additional Budget Request Process

Dear Community Members and Leaders,

This is a friendly reminder that the due date to submit FY17 SO-AC Community Additional Budget requests is 15 February 2016.

As stated in the kick-off e-mail below, in addition to e-mail and telephonic contacts that can be arranged at any time (pending availability/ feasibility), staff will also provide in-person consultation opportunities to participating SOs and ACs during Stakeholder and Constituents’ Day at ICANN55 in Marrakech. If you plan to submit requests and would like to discuss them in detail with staff, please notify us when you submit your requests to controller@icann.org so that we can schedule the meeting.

As always, if you have questions regarding the process please e-mail controller@icann.org or your Policy team support member.

We look forward to seeing you in Marrakech.

Regards,

Taryn

Taryn Presley

Sr. Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

From: community-finance-bounces@icann.org [mailto:community-finance-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Taryn S. Presley
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 4:38 PM
To: community-finance@icann.org
Cc: Chris Mondini <chris.mondini@icann.org>; Sally Costerton <sally.costerton@icann.org>; Janice Douma Lange <janice.lange@icann.org>; Benedetta Rossi <benedetta.rossi@icann.org>
Subject: [community-finance] FY17 SO-AC Community Additional Budget Request Process

Dear Community Members and Leaders,

This e-mail marks the launch of the FY17 SO-AC Community Additional Budget Request process. As you know, this process pertains to a dedicated part of the overall ICANN annual budget that is set aside to fund specific requests from the community for activities that are not already included in the recurring ICANN budget. The timeline and deliverables for the process are as follows:

Task	Start	End
Kick off and Submission period	12/15/2015	2/15/2016
Preliminary review of requests by ICANN staff	2/16/2016	3/4/2016
SO/AC consultations at ICANN 55 (by request, during Constituents’ Day)	3/5/2016	3/10/2016
Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN staff	3/15/2015	3/31/2015
ICANN Board review and approval at April Board meeting	4/1/2015	TBD

What is new to the process

· As a result of your feedback, in addition to telephonic contacts that can be arranged at any time, Finance staff will also provide in-person consultation opportunities to participating SOs and ACs at the ICANN Public Meeting in Marrakech. During Stakeholder and Constituents’ Day at ICANN55, communities who have submitted requests can call on staff to come to their meetings and discuss their proposals in detail. If you would like to participate in this new step, please notify staff at controller@icann.org by the request submission deadline, 15 February 2016.

· The Principles that govern ICANN’s request assessment work have been updated to reflect feedback from community and staff (see attached).

· As a part of continued efforts to improve this process, ICANN has worked to identify previous budget resources (pilot projects, etc.) that can be transferred to the recurring/core ICANN budget. This year the Community Regional Outreach Pilot Project (CROPP) and some IT related projects associated with video streaming technology have achieved that status. As a result, requests for funding for these activities do not require a request form to be submitted for FY17. Details on how these types of activities will be implemented are forthcoming. If you have questions about any potential requests that your community is developing, please contact us controller@icann.org.

Action items

In preparation for the submission, please review the following documents attached:

· FY17 Community Special Budget requests process description and timeline

· Principles that govern ICANN’s request assessment work

· FY17 template request form

Reminder: The due date to submit requests is 15 February 2016.

Please e-mail any questions you may have directly to me or to controller@icann.org and be sure to check the Finance Community Wiki for updates.

We look forward to working with you all again on this effort for FY17!

Regards,

Taryn

Taryn Presley

Sr. Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

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