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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for volunteers – GNSO Operating Plan and Budget Review drafting team <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN has published the Draft Budget and Operating Plan for FY 16 for
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/op-budget-fy16-2015-03-18-en">public comment</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In as much as it may affect the GNSO Council in its role as the manager of the policy development process, there may be potential for the Council to participate in
this process. A suggestion would be to review the draft budget with respect to its effect on the role of the Council and consider responding with a joint statement.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">At the Council meeting on 16 April 2015, Council approved forming a drafting team to address this concern and provide a comment to the public comment forum before
the closing date, 1 May 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Purpose:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">draft an online document,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">build consensus on the mailing list because there is no Council meeting before the close of public comments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Focus on:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">the role of the Council as policy manager and without displacing the role or positions of the various SG/Cs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">resources to support the policy management function<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Timeline:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">complete work 28 April 2015</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">review and submit to public comment forum 1 May 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Volunteers: Amr Elsadr, Susan Kawaguchi, Stephanie Perrin, Carlos Raúl Gutierrez,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A mailing list will be created to facilitate the work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen de Saint Géry
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO Secretariat
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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