Colleagues, This is for your information. As you may recall, during the joint GNSO/ccNSO council meeting at ICANN 61, Stephen mentioned a potential Rejection Action Petition on/against FY19; he elaborates in the following post. Regards, Philippe From: Ccnso-council [mailto:ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Deerhake Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 7:08 PM To: ccnso-council@icann.org Cc: Ccnso-sopcommittee Subject: [ccnso-council] Possible impact of the delay in ICANN Organization's Report on the Draft FY19 Budget Operating Plan Greetings, As you know, at ICANN 61 on several occasions I discussed the timing of ICANN Org activities associated with the eventual approval of the FY19 Budget Operating Plan by the Board, and the timing of the Board’s approval on the Budget on the ability of the Empowered Community to hold a Rejection Action Petition Public Forum during ICANN 62 in Panama. At that time I calculated that so long as the Rejection Action Board Notice is delivered to the Empowered Community between 8 May 2018 and 31-May 2018 the Empowered Community, should the need to do so arise, would be able to hold a Rejection Action Community Forum during ICANN 62. This continues to be the case despite the push-back from 12 April 2018 to 24 April 2018 of the Staff report on the public comments received regarding the FY19 Budget and Operating Plan. What DOES change is the amount of time the Board will have to digest the Staff’s report on the public comments before adoption of the Budget if indeed it is their intent to trigger the Rejection Action Board notice within the window which would permit a Rejection Action Petition Public Forum during ICANN 62. FYI ICANN Staff has reached out to the Empowered Community Administration to begin planning for a potential Rejection Action Petition Public Forum during ICANN 62. As I have noted previously, the odds of a successful Rejection Action Petition regarding the FY19 Budget and Operating Plan, thus triggering a Rejection Action Petition Public Forum, remain extremely low. Planning never hurts however… Best Regards, /Stephen _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information that may be protected by law; they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this message and its attachments. As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that have been modified, changed or falsified. Thank you.