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Re: [council] ICANN Posts Draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget
- To: Council GNSO <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [council] ICANN Posts Draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget
- From: Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:32:43 -0400
- In-reply-to: <4830A52A.3020802@gnso.icann.org>
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Hi,
How many council members would be interested in us setting up a call
the week before the Paris meeting, and before the deadline of 17 June,
for those interested in discussing this with Doug and Denise? I might
suggest Thursday 12 June or Friday the 13th. This would be an
optional meeting, with no quorums or voting.
Also would it make sense to open this meeting up to other GNSO
participants who might wish to participate?
thanks
a.
On 18 May 2008, at 17:52, GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org]
[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]
[To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org]
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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