[ispcp] ICANN Posts Initial Operating Plan and Budget

["Mark McFadden - ISPCP Secretariat" <mcfadden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-04feb08.htm

ICANN Posts Initial Operating Plan and Budget Framework for Fiscal Year 2009

 

4 February 2008

 

The Initial Operating Plan and Budget Framework [PDF, 904K] kicks off the
operational planning process for ICANN, providing the community with a first
look at planned work and costs for fiscal year 2009. The planning approach
this year accelerates the date when information is available to the
community, and extends the review period, so the community has the maximum
opportunity to provide input and help mold the fiscal year 2009 budget.

 

Some new characteristics of this year's approach to planning include:

 

     * Review of the operating plan activities and anticipated expenses at
the same time (in the past, done separately).

     * A three-year budget model for ICANN, to better put fiscal year

2009 into perspective. Again, the three-year budget model points out the
criticality of reaching community consensus on many of the
questions/assumptions still to be addressed for new gTLDs.

     * A structured presentation of operating plan activities that both
allows for summarization, thus making it more accessible and tractable,
while still providing adequate detail in areas in which various community
members have specific interest.

 

The Initial Operating Plan and Budget Framework will be reviewed in a public
workshop in Delhi, and kicks off a five month long consultation with the
community leading up to anticipated adoption of a budget by ICANN's board in
June.

 

[ from the gNSO Secretariat ]

 

Mark McFadden

Secretariat, ISPCP Constituency

mcfadden@xxxxxxxxxx