<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 21, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Steve DelBianco wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>ICANN is now gathering public comment on its proposed framework for FY 2012 operating plan and budget.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Attached is a discussion draft for BC comments prepared by Chris Chaplow, our Vice Chair for Finance & Administration. </div><div><br></div><div>(Those of you in San Francisco last week heard Chris summarize these comments in the Public Forum on Thursday. )</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">ICANN's Comment period closes 4-April, so today (21-March) begins our 14-day review period for this discussion draft.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Please review and post your suggestions/edits as soon as possible. If there are no disagreements noted by 30-March, these comments will be adopted without a voting period, and posted to ICANN on 4-April.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">For topic background, see </span></font><font class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2012">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2012</a></font></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again to Chris for his leadership on all ICANN financial and administrative issues.</div><div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Steve DelBianco</div><div>Vice chair for policy coordination</div><div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div>
<span><BC_Comment_FY12Framework-Ops-Plan-Budget[1].doc></span></blockquote></div><br><div>
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