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<p class="MsoNormal">Councilors –<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Related to Ed’s item of AOB in our meeting today, ICANN has published a corrected version of the FY18 budget, and is open to scheduling a call/webinar to discuss questions and concerns. I think it would make sense for the entire GNSO to
schedule a session, rather than holding separate calls for SGs and Cs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let’s discuss tomorrow in our wrap-up.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks—<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><community-finance-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Jessica Castillo <jessica.castillo@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 14:59 <br>
<b>Subject: </b>[community-finance] FY18 Operating Plan and Budget - Published for Public Comment</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear ICANN Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN’s Draft FY18 Operating Plan and Budget, and Five-Year Operating Plan Update was published for public comment on 8 March 2017.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that on 13 March 2017, revised documents with minor corrections were published along with a summary of the changes. You may find the documents and full announcement on the public comment website at
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy18-budget-2017-03-08-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy18-budget-2017-03-08-en</a> .
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to invite you to schedule a call to discuss your comments on these documents, should it be needed. The calls would be held one to two weeks after public comment closes 28 April 2017. To schedule a placeholder meeting with
the Planning Team, please contact me <b><u>by 31 March 2017</u></b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, if you were unable to attend our Budget Working Group session yesterday evening, you may find the recording online using the link below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Budget Working Group Recording</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://participate.icann.org/p7ouanp9ewz/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal">https://participate.icann.org/p7ouanp9ewz/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(On behalf of the Planning Team – Becky Nash, Taryn Presley, Leo Vegoda, Kirsten Wattson)</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#18376A">Jessica Castillo</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#18376A">Operations & Project Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#18376A">ICANN | Human Resources & Finance Departments</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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