[council] Comment Periods Extended, Aligned to Maximize Public Input

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-09oct13-en.htm
9 October 2013
Comment Periods Extended, Aligned to Maximize Public Input

To provide more opportunity for community consideration and public comment on a 
draft ICANN Vision and 5-year Strategic Plan, the development schedule has been 
extended to accommodate two rounds of online public input, and community 
discussions at the ICANN Buenos Aires<http://buenosaires48.icann.org> (November 
2013) and Singapore<http://meetings.icann.org/> (March 2014) meetings. In 
addition, to more tightly link the multi-stakeholder processes used for 
developing ICANN's strategic, operating and budget plans, as well as for 
commenting on the ICANN Strategy 
Panels<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15jul13-en.htm>, 
the schedules for these processes have been aligned. Specifically, public 
comment schedules for Strategic Planning, Strategy Panels, and the Operating 
Plan and Budget have been adjusted to maximize community input. The 
corresponding schedules are 
illustrated<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-09oct13-en.htm#schedules>
 below.

Strategy Panels - To provide more opportunity for community consideration and 
public comment on the Panels' output-and to more clearly connect the Panels to 
ICANN's multi-stakeholder strategic, operational, and budget planning 
processes, the Panels' schedule has been escalated. ICANN President and CEO, 
Fadi Chehadé, is asking the Panels to provide strategic recommendations by the 
end of January 2014. (Panel membership will be announced shortly). Panel output 
will be posted for public comment 31 January-31 March 2014, and will be 
discussed by the community at the ICANN Singapore meeting in March. This allows 
time for public discussion and community engagement on the Panels' output, and 
integration of comments and recommendations into the Final Strategic Plan, as 
appropriate. This schedule also enables the Panels' recommendations to be 
factored into the FY2015 Operating Plan and Budget, which currently is 
scheduled for Board action by 21 June 2014.

Strategic Planning - The First Draft of an ICANN Vision and 5-year Strategic 
Plan will be posted on or before 28 October 2013 for public comment through 
January 2014. This will include community discussions at the ICANN meeting in 
Buenos Aires next month. Factored into the First Draft will be the extensive 
public input received thus far on ICANN's key challenges and 
opportunities<https://myicann.org/join-strategy-conversation?language=en> and 
on the eight strategic 
areas<http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/conversation-input-24jun13-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 209 KB] highlighted by ICANN's Board of Directors. Work and input on 
related initiatives, such as the Security, Stability & Resiliency Framework, 
and the Regional Engagement Strategies, also will inform the First Draft. 
Comments received on the First Draft, as well as on the output of the Strategy 
Panels, will be considered and incorporated, as appropriate, into a Final 
Draft. The Final Draft of ICANN's Vision and 5-year Strategic Plan will be 
posted for public comment by early March 2014 and discussed by the community at 
the ICANN meeting in Singapore, before being finalized at the end of April 2014 
and submitted for Board action.
Operational Plan & Budget - The schedule for development of, and comment on, 
the FY2015 Operational Plan and Budget is expected to run from January - June 
2014. The draft schedule is illustrated below and is expected to include public 
comment and community discussion for the proposed FY2015 Operating Plan 
beginning in January, followed by comment and discussion of the proposed FY 
2015 Budget beginning in April. This will include opportunities for community 
engagement on the proposals at the ICANN Buenos Aires and Singapore meetings. 
The FY2015 Operating Plan and Budget is schedule for Board approval by 21 June 
2014. A final schedule for this process will be posted on 15 November 2013.

See announcement for diagram
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-09oct13-en.htm



Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org