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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Please find below my notes for my comment in the public forum relating to the FY12 Operating Plan & Budget Framework<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Chris Chaplow - Vice Chair of Finance and Operations and Finance for the Business Constituency.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>BC welcomes this opportunity to comment on the FY12 Operating Plan & Budget Framework.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Many of our members have an deep interest in this subject<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The BC submitted 5 key requests for budget support as part of the new AC/SO/SG request process last January.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Externally we underlined our support for budget increases in<b> Compliance</b>, and are please to hear that two vacant positions have just been filled but our members remain concerned that staffing need to be brought up to FY10 budget levels of 15 staff supported by the best technology tools to and in the words of the FY11 plan “ICANN will continue to aggressively enforce contractual compliance of registrar and registry agreements.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We support the work on organizing the <b>Whois Studies</b>, and of course all <b>resources to support the excellent work of the Policy staff</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Internally we requested budget support via the <b>constituency toolkit</b> of services and for an <b>Outreach project</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This was last January.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The framework plan has now been published and is open for public comment until 6th April. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>It is presented in a very user friendly 17 slide ppt deck format, last year it was a 70 page document. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>So I am going to underline our request for more detail.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I support the new idea of separating in the budget core activity and project activity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Twelve projects are identified but only a sum total (of 11.1 million $ - 20% of the ICANN Budget) has been provided.<br>This makes it difficult to offer meaningful feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD'>Chris Chaplow<br>Managing Director</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD'><br><b>Andalucia Web Solutions</b></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><span style='color:black'>Avenida del Carmen 9<br>Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo<br>1ª Planta, Oficina 30<br>Estepona, 29680<br>Malaga, Spain<br><b>Tel: + (34) 952 897 865<br>Fax: + (34) 952 897 874<br></b></span>E-mail: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:chris@andaluciaws.com"><b>chris@andaluciaws.com</b></a><b><br></b>Web: <a href="http://www.andaluciaws.com/"><b>www.andaluciaws.com</b></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>