Dear Council Colleagues, Pleas find attached the email received from David outlining the changes to the Additional Budget Request (ABR) process presented to Leadership on Friday during out SOAC roundtable. Kindly, Sebastien Ducos GoDaddy Registry | Senior Client Services Manager [signature_1123817760] +33612284445 France & Australia sebastien@registry.godaddy<mailto:sebastien@registry.godaddy> From: soac-chairs <soac-chairs-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of David Olive via soac-chairs <soac-chairs@icann.org> Date: Sunday, 22 October 2023 at 12:34 pm To: soac-chairs@icann.org <soac-chairs@icann.org> Cc: Sally Costerton <sally.costerton@icann.org>, Danko.jevtovic@board.icann.org <Danko.jevtovic@board.icann.org>, Tripti Sinha <tripti.sinha@board.icann.org>, Board Ops Team <board-ops-team@icann.org>, Team-leaders@icann.org <Team-leaders@icann.org> Subject: [soac-chairs] Documents from the SOAC Chairs Roundtable at ICANN78 Caution: This email is from an external sender. Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Forward suspicious emails to isitbad@. Dear SOAC Chairs: Thank you (and your Vice Chairs) again for the active participation in the recent meeting at ICANN78. Attached are two documents we raised at the Roundtable: 1.The Transition of the Additional Budget Request (ABR) process to the regular FY25 budget process 2. Proposal for a 2.5 day SOAC Strategic Workshop in Washington DC in early January 2024 Please provide any comments or questions on these two documents. We will also be providing shortly the summary notes from the Roundtable which we will share with you. Hope your ICANN78 sessions are going well. Best regards, David David A. Olive Senior Vice President Policy Development Support Managing Director ICANN Washington DC Engagement Office Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) [signature_2032261474]