Dear Community Leaders,

The ICANN Finance team has decided to extend by a week the deadline for special budget requests for the regular track window. The original closing date was this Friday April 19th 2013. The new deadline for your request will now be FRIDAY APRIL 26TH 2013.

At the conclusion of the ICANN International Meeting #47 in Beijing, the ICANN Board has approved the inclusion in ICANN¹s Fiscal Year 2014 budget an amount for funds relating to 12 requests identified by the Community as part of the SO/AC Additional Budget Requests Fast-Track Process (Resolution 2013.04.11.10). The attached document includes all submitted requests with description, recommendations, decision and further explanation.

The decision categories are as follows: € Yes => Approved as is

€ Partial => Approved but with restrictions and changes to the funding level please read carefully as your implementation plan will likely be impacted

€ Deferred => Evaluation postponed to the regular track review period your budget request is already under review for the regular track and no need to re-submit

€ No => No funding granted for the request. No additional funding will be granted for these requests. If the activity is already be covered by the ICANN general budget then it will be indicated in the recommendation and explanation sections.

For the approved requests please start working with your staff liaison on the implementation plan. Please visit the community workspace to see the detailed step by step process, the template and the submitted application with the evaluation: https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws

If you have any question or comments please direct them to the ICANN controller email address: controller@icann.org

Thank you for your support.

ICANN Finance Team controller@icann.org