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Improvement of the win-win relationship between the Staff and the At-Large Community
by At-Large Staff June 10, 2008

June 10, 2008

In case you did not get this Email today, please find below the Email sent by the At-Large Staff Dear All: You will have received At-Large Staff¹s (Frederic Teboul¹s) recent email asking some questions of you as a member of the At-Large community and some of you have already replied. As there have been a few questions about the message, we would like to provide some additional information. Firstly, we want to emphasize that this effort is meant to be a collaborative process we are asking you to provide information so that we can combine your answers with others in the At-Large community and create a summary of the community¹s views on how its involvement in ICANN can be better supported. We will share the aggregated input with you, along with an analysis of the trends that we see, and our thoughts on how we might collectively Staff and community - respond to the Regional At-Large Organizations¹ needs to support greater involvement in ICANN. After community discussion and concurrence, an Action Plan will be publicly posted and implemented. To be clear, the questions you have been asked to respond to relate only to the At-Large community and its involvement in ICANN. To avoid any confusion, we are re-stating the questions below, and would appreciate receiving your thoughts. This exercise is part of Staff's ongoing effort to better serve the At-Large community. It is not related to the completely separate and independent ³ALAC Review² currently being conducted under the auspices of the Board as part of their process for reviewing all ICANN structures. We know you are all busy and that you volunteer for your At-Large group and ICANN in your spare time. On reflection, we therefore think the original deadline was overly ambitious. It would be a great help if we could get a good set of responses on or before the end of the Paris ICANN meeting (25th June). This will allow us to move on to the next steps in the process mentioned above in due course. That said, of course the kind of input we seek in this short questionnaire is always welcome we are always glad to hear your thoughts, concerns and ideas. For your convenience, below you will find a restated set of the same questions. 1. What issues being debated in ICANN do you believe are the most important to your RALO? 2. How can we help make the time you spend on ICANN issues as valuable and efficient to you as possible? 3. What challenges and opportunities do you see for your RALO and for At-Large more generally (in the context of ICANN work)? 4. How interaction between and within RALOs be increased? 5. What are the top three things you would like your RALO to achieve? 6. What are the top three things you believe ICANN Staff could do to help your RALO? Many thanks in advance for your time with these questions but also with ICANN! Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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[Reminder] new gTLD Briefing Session @ Wed 11 Jun 13:30 – 14:30 ()
by Google Calendar June 10, 2008

June 10, 2008

euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, this is a reminder for Title: new gTLD Briefing Session Time: Wed 11 Jun 13:30 – 14:30 (Time zone: GMT (no daylight saving)) Where: Adigo Teleconference Calendar: Description: 1330 UTC. Please visit the following URL for details. There will also be an Adobe connect meeting room. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?briefing_session_on_new_gtld_programme You can view this event at http://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=cTEybTIyMTVvaWFoNGh1cz… You are receiving this courtesy email at the account euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively, you can sign up for a Google account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

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CONFIRMED: new gTLD Briefing Session 11 June 1330 UTC
by At-Large Staff June 7, 2008

June 7, 2008

Dear all, The Briefing Session on ICANN¹s new gTLD program will be on Wednesday, 11 June at 1330 UTC. Ms. Karla Valente, from ICANN¹s new gTLD program and Mr. Olof Nordling, Manager of Policy Development Coordination will give a presentation on the new gTLD programme, including an update on the staff implementation planning. The briefing is designed to focus on the programme from an Internet end-users¹ perspective; members of GNSO constituencies are being invited to join the briefing. Subsequently, they will be available to answer some of your questions, both about the GNSO Policy presented to the Board and the implementation planning for the programme. Please visit the meeting page to find participation instructions and reference material for this presentation. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?briefing_session_on_new_gtld_programme We will soon upload Karla Valente¹s PowerPoint presentation to the meeting page and you will also be able to follow the presentation in real time, chat and ask questions using the Adobe Connect meeting room for this presentation. The Adobe Connect link is also on the meeting page. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Notice of Opening for Board Liaison Nominations Period
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 5, 2008

June 5, 2008

As a point of clarification, nominations or self-nominations per the Rules of Procedure (Rule 9.2) may only be made by ALAC members. On 05/06/2008 14:23, "JFC Morfin" <jefsey(a)jefsey.com> wrote: Dear Wolf, I nominate Sebastien Bachollet. jfc PS. I know that france@large Members who do not exist cannot nominate candidate right-now nor france@large to vote. But who knows if this will not have been corrected before the closure of the vote. I also suppose that, as one of the largest and most involved European ALS, our opinion should be considered. I do not nominate Sebastien because he is French and because I know him well, but due to his long and successful experience with ICANN issues as a non-American citizen, a former BC active leader, a specialist of the Internet Governance, the founder and organiser of the EGENI leading meeting on Naming Governance, the French ISOC Chapter Chair, an active Civil Society actor at the IGF and the Chair of the AGIFEM project which made ICANN to come in Paris and made the resulting costs financed. IMHO this is the kind of experience and of doer ALAC need to liaise with the BoD and keep them moving in the proper direction (which is necessarily @large oriented) if we want ICANN to survive the transition (JPA and IGF) as an international entity. At 13:01 05/06/2008, Wolf Ludwig wrote: >we received a call from the ALAC Chair recently on the Opening for >Board Liaison Nominations Period for the position of the At-Large >Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors. This position is currently >held by Wendy Seltzer, a law professor from the US who I had the >pleasure to meet in February in New Delhi. _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA DD: +1 (310) 578-8637 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Notice of Opening for Board Liaison Nominations Period
by Wolf Ludwig June 5, 2008

June 5, 2008

Dear all, we received a call from the ALAC Chair recently on the Opening for Board Liaison Nominations Period for the position of the At-Large Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors. This position is currently held by Wendy Seltzer, a law professor from the US who I had the pleasure to meet in February in New Delhi. For more details about Wendy and her background see http://wendy.seltzer.org/. Wendy was nominated now again by several members of the At-Large community. I would have preferred to discuss this issue at our meetings in Paris but the Nominations will close at 1800 UTC 16th June, 2008, and must be sent to the Public ALAC list – that means in about ten days and before our Paris reunions. If there are no other ideas from the EURALO community, I would like to support Wendy’s nomination but I prefer to do this with prior consultations of our Board members and the list. Please let me know your opinions on this issue within the next eight days whether we can express such a support in the name of EURALO. Thanks and regards, Wolf Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:14: >Notice to: At-Large, ALS, RALO and ALAC Members. > >As required by Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure of the At-Large Advisory >Committee, I hereby (at 1200 UTC on June 2nd 2008), open the nominations for >the position of the At-Large Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors. The >successful candidate will serve in this position from the end of the 2008 >ICANN Annual General Meeting, for a period of one (1) year. > >Nominations will close at 1800 UTC fourteen (14) days from today, 16th >June, 2008, and must be sent to the Public ALAC list. > >Nominees are required, per Rule 9.3, to accept their nomination (also to the >Public list) not less than seven (7) days from the close of nominations, or >1800 UTC on 23rd June, 2008. > >I shall announce the opening and closing dates and times for the votes, with >an "election summary and election call message to the Public List", >subsequent to June 23rd. > >Rules relating to this position include:- > >4.4 All liaisons serve for a term of one year starting from the >closure of an Annual General Meeting and ending at the closure of the >following Annual General Meeting. > >4.5 Liaisons shall be freely chosen by the ALAC, according to the >following criteria: > >4.6 They shall normally be persons who are current or former members >of the ALAC, or are anyway familiar with the activities and functioning of >ICANN and of the ALAC; > >4.7 They shall accept to serve on behalf of the AT LARGE COMMUNITY by >acting for the good of the entire Committee, working to bridge differences >and build consensus, but also recognizing difference and enabling different >opinions to be shared; > >4.8 They shall accept, while acting in their capacity as ALAC >representative, to put the collective views of the ALAC, always, in front of >their own. > > > The complete Qualification Criteria found in Rules 4 and 5 of the Rules of >Procedure found at ><https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi/ALAC%20ROP's%20Adopted%20October%202007 >.doc?action=attachments_download;page_name=rules_of_procedure;id=20071023183 >147-0-6223> >https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi/ALAC%20ROP's%20Adopted%20October%202007. >doc?action=attachments_download;page_name=rules_of_procedure;id=200710231831 >47-0-6223. > >Regards, > >Cheryl Langdon-Orr > >ALAC Chair, 2007-2008 > > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC-Internal mailing list >ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… > >ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Notice of Opening for Board Liaison Nominations Period
by JFC Morfin June 5, 2008

June 5, 2008

Dear Wolf, I nominate Sebastien Bachollet. jfc PS. I know that france@large Members who do not exist cannot nominate candidate right-now nor france@large to vote. But who knows if this will not have been corrected before the closure of the vote. I also suppose that, as one of the largest and most involved European ALS, our opinion should be considered. I do not nominate Sebastien because he is French and because I know him well, but due to his long and successful experience with ICANN issues as a non-American citizen, a former BC active leader, a specialist of the Internet Governance, the founder and organiser of the EGENI leading meeting on Naming Governance, the French ISOC Chapter Chair, an active Civil Society actor at the IGF and the Chair of the AGIFEM project which made ICANN to come in Paris and made the resulting costs financed. IMHO this is the kind of experience and of doer ALAC need to liaise with the BoD and keep them moving in the proper direction (which is necessarily @large oriented) if we want ICANN to survive the transition (JPA and IGF) as an international entity. At 13:01 05/06/2008, Wolf Ludwig wrote: >we received a call from the ALAC Chair recently on the Opening for >Board Liaison Nominations Period for the position of the At-Large >Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors. This position is currently >held by Wendy Seltzer, a law professor from the US who I had the >pleasure to meet in February in New Delhi.

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Notice of Opening for Board Liaison Nominations Period
by Wolf Ludwig June 5, 2008

June 5, 2008

Dear all, we received a call from the ALAC Chair recently on the Opening for Board Liaison Nominations Period for the position of the At-Large Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors. This position is currently held by Wendy Seltzer, a law professor from the US who I had the pleasure to meet in February in New Delhi. For more details about Wendy and her background see http://wendy.seltzer.org/. Wendy was nominated now again by several members of the At-Large community. I would have preferred to discuss this issue at our meetings in Paris but the Nominations will close at 1800 UTC 16th June, 2008, and must be sent to the Public ALAC list – that means in about ten days and before our Paris reunions. If there are no other ideas from the EURALO community, I would like to support Wendy’s nomination but I prefer to do this with prior consultations of our Board members and the list. Please let me know your opinions on this issue within the next eight days whether we can express such a support in the name of EURALO. Thanks and regards, Wolf Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:14: >Notice to: At-Large, ALS, RALO and ALAC Members. > >As required by Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure of the At-Large Advisory >Committee, I hereby (at 1200 UTC on June 2nd 2008), open the nominations for >the position of the At-Large Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors. The >successful candidate will serve in this position from the end of the 2008 >ICANN Annual General Meeting, for a period of one (1) year. > >Nominations will close at 1800 UTC fourteen (14) days from today, 16th >June, 2008, and must be sent to the Public ALAC list. > >Nominees are required, per Rule 9.3, to accept their nomination (also to the >Public list) not less than seven (7) days from the close of nominations, or >1800 UTC on 23rd June, 2008. > >I shall announce the opening and closing dates and times for the votes, with >an "election summary and election call message to the Public List", >subsequent to June 23rd. > >Rules relating to this position include:- > >4.4 All liaisons serve for a term of one year starting from the >closure of an Annual General Meeting and ending at the closure of the >following Annual General Meeting. > >4.5 Liaisons shall be freely chosen by the ALAC, according to the >following criteria: > >4.6 They shall normally be persons who are current or former members >of the ALAC, or are anyway familiar with the activities and functioning of >ICANN and of the ALAC; > >4.7 They shall accept to serve on behalf of the AT LARGE COMMUNITY by >acting for the good of the entire Committee, working to bridge differences >and build consensus, but also recognizing difference and enabling different >opinions to be shared; > >4.8 They shall accept, while acting in their capacity as ALAC >representative, to put the collective views of the ALAC, always, in front of >their own. > > > The complete Qualification Criteria found in Rules 4 and 5 of the Rules of >Procedure found at ><https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi/ALAC%20ROP's%20Adopted%20October%202007 >.doc?action=attachments_download;page_name=rules_of_procedure;id=20071023183 >147-0-6223> >https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi/ALAC%20ROP's%20Adopted%20October%202007. >doc?action=attachments_download;page_name=rules_of_procedure;id=200710231831 >47-0-6223. > >Regards, > >Cheryl Langdon-Orr > >ALAC Chair, 2007-2008 > > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC-Internal mailing list >ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… > >ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac >At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend

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CONFIRMED: Briefing Session on Draft Operational Plan and Budget
by At-Large Staff June 4, 2008

June 4, 2008

Dear all, This is to confirm that Mr Kevin Wilson, ICANN¹s Chief Financial Officer, will give a briefing session on the Draft Operational Plan and Budget for FY 08/09. Tuesday, 10 June 12:30 UTC (one hour before the start of the monthly ALAC teleconference). There will be French and Spanish interpretation for this call. Please find a list with international toll-free numbers and the conference access code on our meeting page. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?draft_operating_plan_and_budget You will also find reference material such as the ALAC Statement on the Draft Budget on this page. Further, we will soon post an agenda and a Powerpoint presentation. In order to follow the presentation during the call, please follow the link to the Adobe connect meeting room and that page. If you have never used Adobe Connect, please follow the instructions on the meeting page. We would like to thank Mr. Wilson for the time and effort he has put into this and look forward to his presentation next week. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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REMINDER: Briefing Session on Fast Flux Hosting 5 June 1300 UTC
by At-Large Staff June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Dear all, This is to remind you about the Briefing Session on Fast Flux Hosting starting at 1300 UTC this coming Thursday. Dave Piscitello who will host this meeting has prepared a Powerpoint presentation, which is posted on the meeting page. There will also be an Adobe Connect link where we will be able to show the slides in real time. To join the presentation, please follow the participation instructions on the meeting page. https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?fast_flux_hosting There will be no Spanish and French interpretation for this call as there was not sufficient interest for this service. Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 19, Issue 13
by Siranush Vardanyan May 30, 2008

May 30, 2008

Dear all, This is to let you know that today I received French visa and will be participating at ICANN 32 meeting. I will be in Paris on June 19 and would love to participate at ALAC meeting on Friday or Saturday. Just let me know the time and place and I will join the group, if you don't mind, of course Looking forward seeing you all again Best regards from Armenia Siranush > From: euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 19, Issue 13> To: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:22 -0400> > Send EURO-Discuss mailing list submissions to> euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.…> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > You can reach the person managing the list at> euro-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of EURO-Discuss digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: Attendees Arrivals in Paris (Desiree Miloshevic)> 2. Re: Attendees Arrivals in Paris (Adela Danciu)> 3. Draft FY2008/2009 Budget and Operating Plan draft posted for> public comment (Nick Ashton-Hart)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 18:00:20 +0100> From: Desiree Miloshevic <dmiloshevic(a)afilias.info>> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Attendees Arrivals in Paris> To: Discussion for At-Large Europe> <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>> Message-ID: <4BCC7D6E-DEAE-45E8-836A-63CEE4B067AE(a)afilias.info>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed> > Hi Wolf> > I will arrive on Friday afternoon and free to meet anytime on Friday > eve or whole day Saturday.> > Desiree> --> > > On 18 May 2008, at 16:03, Wolf Ludwig wrote:> > > Dear all,> >> > on the suggestion of Annette, I created a listing of our ALS > > representatives> > arrivals (ETA) in Paris for the ICANN meeting and our General > > Assembly (GA)> > -- see https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi? > > euralo_icann_at_large_europe> >> > I would like to ask you to sign in as soon as your itineraries are > > confirmed by> > you and the travel agent. For further planning purposes it would be > > good> > to know when ALSes registered for Paris arrive and especially for > > Board> > members at what time on Friday or Saturday we could meet first.> >> > Thanks for your support and best regards,> > Wolf> >> >> >> >> > comunica-ch> > phone +41 79 204 83 87> > Skype: Wolf-Ludwig> > www.comunica-ch.net> >> > http://blog.allmend.ch -> > Digitale Allmend> >> > _______________________________________________> > EURO-Discuss mailing list> > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro- > > discuss_atlarge-lists.icann.org> >> > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 23:39:57 -0700 (PDT)> From: Adela Danciu <adelada(a)yahoo.com>> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Attendees Arrivals in Paris> To: Discussion for At-Large Europe> <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>> Message-ID: <194769.73119.qm(a)web33508.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1> > Hello!> > I arrive in Paris on June 20, at 9:00 am (local time).> > Sorry I sent this message on the list, but I haven't figured out yet how to work with Socialtext and add my name on the list.> > Looking fw to meet you in Paris,> > Adela> > Wolf Ludwig <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> wrote:> Dear all,> > on the suggestion of Annette, I created a listing of our ALS representatives > arrivals (ETA) in Paris for the ICANN meeting and our General Assembly (GA) > -- see https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe> > I would like to ask you to sign in as soon as your itineraries are confirmed by > you and the travel agent. For further planning purposes it would be good > to know when ALSes registered for Paris arrive and especially for Board > members at what time on Friday or Saturday we could meet first.> > Thanks for your support and best regards,> Wolf> > > > > comunica-ch> phone +41 79 204 83 87> Skype: Wolf-Ludwig> www.comunica-ch.net> > http://blog.allmend.ch -> Digitale Allmend> > _______________________________________________> EURO-Discuss mailing list> EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.…> > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 23:57:17 -0700> From: Nick Ashton-Hart <Nick.Ashton-Hart(a)icann.org>> Subject: [EURO-Discuss] Draft FY2008/2009 Budget and Operating Plan> draft posted for public comment> To: At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>> Cc: Africa Discuss <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, LAC Discuss> <lac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Asia-Pacific Discuss> <apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Europe Discuss> <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, NA Discuss> <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>> Message-ID: <C456F16D.34483%nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17may08.htm> ICANN Posts Draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget> > 17 May 2008> > Each year, from July through December, ICANN's planning cycle calls for creation of the Strategic Plan. At the end of December 2007, the ICANN Board approved ICANN's Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is the three-year overview document that describes the strategic priorities for ICANN. See: http://www.icann.org/strategic-plan/.> > Each year, from January through June, there is a follow-on planning effort to create the Operating Plan and Budget for a single year. This document outlines the work map and financial requirements for the next fiscal year, consistent with implementing the Strategic Plan Objectives.> > The planning work for fiscal year 2009 began with a consultation in Delhi. The community and ICANN's Board reviewed an initial budget framework presented at New Delhi in February 2008. This approach provided the community the earliest opportunity yet to provide input on a draft budget. Staff held consultations regarding the budget and plan, received posted comments, and worked with the ICANN Board Finance Committee to develop the draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget.> > Substantial work has taken place to incorporate feedback from the community, Board, and staff since the initial framework was first presented in February 2008, but the overall scope and themes remain consistent.> > In this fiscal year, highlights of planned ICANN results and activities include:> > Complete, and then launch the new generic TLD (gTLD) program.> Based on progress with the IDN "fast track" process, introduce country code IDNs (ccIDN) at the top level.> As part of establishing a documented security agenda, deliver on DNSSEC readiness, ICANN-internal security improvements, and training on disaster planning and mitigation for interested country code operators> Working with RIRs and the NRO, continue to highlight issues related to IPv4 depletion and IPv6 adoption> Grow and enhance contractual compliance capability on behalf of registrant protection> Invest in IANA services and staffing to improve service availability, automation, response time, and disaster recovery.> Strengthen the multi-stakeholder model by implementing GNSO improvements, expanding stakeholder travel support and expanding translation programs.> > In summary, the draft budget proposes revenues of about $60.7MM and total expenses (including depreciation, allowances and contingency) of $58.5MM with a contribution to reserve of about $2.2MM. Compared to what> was presented in New Delhi, this actually represents a reduction in operating expenses from $54.1MM to $51.8MM. As compared to FY08, the total expense budget, including contingency, is projected to increase from $42.6MM to $58.5MM (37% increase). Operating expenses (excluding contingency, depreciation, and bad debt) are projected to increase from $38.9MM to $51.8MM (33% increase).> > This draft Operating Plan and Budget calls for substantial expense growth for ICANN, as a result of an ambitious work program for FY09, as dictated by the Strategic Plan. The goal of this draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget document is to enable informed, active community and Board feedback regarding proposed objectives and plans. And, when the draft plan is finalized and approved, establish the resources and objectives that will deliver on the right initiatives for the ICANN community during FY09.> > This draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget is being posted for community review with the support of the Board Finance Committee (BFC).> > The plan is available at:> http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-opplan-budget-fy08-09-17may07.pdf> [PDF, 356K]> > This draft plan is one more step in the planning cycle, to allow for additional review and feedback. A public comment forum is available at: op-budget-fy2009(a)icann.org> > Additionally, consultations will be held with ICANN constituencies to get direct feedback, and the final plan discussed at ICANN's Paris meeting, for adoption by ICANN's Board in June.> --> > Regards,> > Nick Ashton-Hart> Director for At-Large> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)> Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88> USA DD: +1 (310) 301-8637> Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44> Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68> email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org> Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart> Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart> > > ------------------------------> > _______________________________________________> EURO-Discuss mailing list> EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.…> > > End of EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 19, Issue 13> ******************************************** _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. 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