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<p>Thanks Berry!</p>
<p>With respect to the draft charter I'd like to hear on the call
the rationale to limiting committee membership just to council
members.</p>
<p>Best regards</p>
<p>Wolf-Ulrich<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 10.10.2017 um 16:15 schrieb Berry
Cobb:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Council Members,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Staff wanted to draw your attention to one
of the agenda items in preparation for the Council call on 12
October. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You might recall discussions at ICANN59
about the possible formation of a standing committee to assist
the GNSO Council’s participation in the annual ICANN Fiscal
Year Budget and Operating Plan process and to become more
proactive in preparation of public comments on behalf of the
Council. Attached, you will find a draft document that first
contains a call for volunteers within the Council and secondly
the document contains a proposed draft charter for the
standing committee activities. Should the Council support the
standing committee formation and with adequate volunteers, the
charter can then be further refined and later approved by the
Council. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In related news, you just saw a note sent
by the Council Chair with the announcement of the public
comment period for the PTI FY19 draft budget. In the past,
the Council has not submitted public comments because it is
more to do with operations that affect registry operators and
less to do with policy development. However, that does not
prevent the Council from submitting comments for this cycle.
The comment period will close <b><u>26 November</u></b>. The
target for PTI budget approval is <b><u>9 January 2018</u></b>.
There will also be two sessions at ICANN60 relating to the
FY19 Budget:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>ICANN
Budget Basics (30 Oct, 1515-1645) <a
href="http://sched.co/CbEv" moz-do-not-send="true">http://sched.co/CbEv</a></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Budget
Working Group (1 Nov, 1030-1400) <a
href="http://sched.co/CbGT" moz-do-not-send="true">http://sched.co/CbGT</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, ICANN Finance held an <a
href="https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/FY19+Planning+Process"
moz-do-not-send="true">FY19 Planning webinar in September</a>.
The public comment window for the ICANN Org budget is set to
begin on <b><u>15 January</u></b> until <b><u>4 March 2018</u></b>.
You might notice this schedule is earlier than prior years to
allow the ICANN Board to approve the budget and still provide
adequate time for review by the Empowered Community (EC). The
earlier process cycle and Board approval is to mitigate ICANN
Org from having to enter into the “care-taker budget” process
should the EC choose not to reject the budget. Staff will
remind the Council often as key milestones on the budget
process draw near.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your attention and staff
looks forward to assisting the Council on this process.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">B</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Berry A. Cobb</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">720.839.5735</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:mail@berrycobb.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">mail@berrycobb.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">@berrycobb</p>
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