FW: [council] Proposed Comment on FY17 Budget and Operating Plan
For those of you interested to participate in a webinar that will be scheduled to review / discuss the GNSO Council comments (if/when these have been finalised), please complete the following doodle poll: http://doodle.com/poll/c243n47vwsrxtifc. Your comments and input on the attached draft would be appreciated. The deadline for submission is 30 April so please share any comments, concerns and/or support for the proposed comments as soon as possible. Best regards, Marika On 14/04/16 17:20, "owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Berry Cobb" <owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >All, > >Just as a reminder, Ed & Staff will finalize the list of Clarifying >Questions appended to this draft public comment to Finance by 23:00 UTC 15 >April. Should you or the group you represent have any more to add, please >send them our way so that we can add them to the list. > >As noted by Marika below, there will also be upcoming webinars scheduled >by >Finance for each SO/AC to further explain the draft FY17 Budget and ask >for >any additional questions. We expect those announcement to be out early >next >week. > >Thank you. > >B > >Berry A. Cobb >Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers >720.839.5735 >mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >@berrycobb > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On >Behalf Of Marika Konings >Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 07:51 >To: Mary Wong; Amr Elsadr; GNSO Council List >Cc: Edward Morris >Subject: Re: [council] Proposed Comment on FY17 Budget and Operating Plan > >To add to Mary¹s response, the objective of the discussion is also to >identify any additional questions that may exist in relation to the budget >documents. The Finance Team has indicated that they are open to receiving >any clarifying questions which they will attempt to answer prior to the >closing of the public comment period so that these can be considered as >part of the development of input for the public comment forum. On the last >page of the draft you will already find a number of questions that were >identified by members of the small team. If there are additional >questions, you are encouraged to provide these so that these can get >added. The hope is that the responses to the questions as well as feedback >received on the current draft will allow for finalisation of the comment >via the mailing list and submission in time for the 30 April deadline. >Please note that the Finance Team is also in the process of scheduling >calls with the different communities that have and/or will submit comments >following the close of the public comment forum to 'enhance the >understanding of the comments and so improve the quality of the response' >(see https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-12-en). > >Best regards, > >Marika > >On 14/04/16 08:35, "owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Mary Wong" ><owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >>Hello Amr and everyone, >> >>There is no motion to be voted on with respect to this topic. This was >>also the case last year, when the Council also submitted a comment on the >>FY16 Budget. The idea here is that the Council will discuss the draft >>that was prepared by the small team at this call, with a view toward >>finalizing any comments and changes via the email list subsequently but >>in good enough time to submit the final comment by the 30 April deadline. >> >>FYI, while the GNSO Council will need a motion on any matter for which it >>is required to vote (e.g. PDP-related topics), the Council does have the >>ability to take action without a motion or voting on other matters. As >>you may recall, this has been done a number of times with respect to >>non-PDP and such topics for which is vote is not specifically required. >> >>I hope this helps. >> >>Thanks and cheers >>Mary >> >>Mary Wong >>Senior Policy Director >>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) >>Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx >>Telephone: +1-603-5744889 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On 4/14/16, 05:44, "owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Amr Elsadr" >><owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Ed, James, Carlos and KeithŠ, thank you very much for this. I can¹t >>>imagine that getting this done was particularly easy. >>> >>>I was wondering how we would be handling this on tonight¹s Council call. >>>It is listed as an agenda item for Council approval on on the Council >>>meeting agenda >>>(https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+14+April >>>+ >>>2016), but not listed as a motion to be voted on >>>(https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+14+Apri >>>l >>>+2016). So I¹m not entirely clear on what the outcome of this agenda >>>item is meant to be. Any insight would be appreciated. >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>Amr >>> >>>> On Apr 13, 2016, at 10:19 PM, Edward Morris <egmorris1@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>> My Fellow Councillors, >>>> >>>> You will recall at our ICANN55 Council meeting, a small team (James, >>>>Carlos, Keith, myself) volunteered to formulate draft comments relating >>>>to ICANN's proposed Draft FY17 operating plan and budget. Attached you >>>>will find a starter draft of comments for the Council to consider. >>>>Track changes are enabled should any member of the Council wish to >>>>suggest edits. Please feel to do so and then send them back over the >>>>list. This small team with assistance from staff will maintain a master >>>>copy to ready for submission. >>>> >>>> The Public Comments are due by 30 April 2016, and thus we have just >>>>over two weeks to make edits and then determine if the Council wishes >>>>to submit them. This topic is currently on the GNSO Council agenda for >>>>tomorrow. The small team also recognizes that likely all SGs & Cs will >>>>be submitting their own comments. In that regard and because we are >>>>managers of the policy process, this draft of comments attempted to >>>>only focus at a higher level of how the proposed budget impacts the >>>>GNSO and its policy development activities. >>>> >>>> This process for submitting comments mimics what occurred last year >>>>for the FY16 draft budget. Once that draft was completed over the >>>>Council list, the comments were submitted without objection. As we >>>>will likely discuss tomorrow and based on this current experience, the >>>>Council should consider formalizing this process especially in the >>>>light of a future empowered community. >>>> >>>> In addition to thanking James, Carlos and Keith with whom it has been >>>>a pleasure to work with, special thanks go out from all of us to Berry >>>>and Marika for their exceptional input and dedicated effort on this >>>>comment. We are extraordinarily lucky to have such fine staff assigned >>>>to help us on Council. >>>> >>>> We looks forward to everyone's input. >>>> >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> >>>> Ed Morris >>>> <Budget Comment.docx> >>> >>> >> Attachment:
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