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[council] ICANN Posts Draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget
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- Subject: [council] ICANN Posts Draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget
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- Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 23:52:42 +0200
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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@xxxxxxxxx
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.
--
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org
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