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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Council Members,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Per today’s discussions on the motion to form the GNSO Council Standing Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO), below you will find links to prior GNSO Council comment submissions on prior fiscal year ICANN budgets. As noted on the call, these comments were at a fairly high level and as far as we understand did not conflict with any submissions from SGs/Cs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please advise if you have any questions regarding these submissions or the ad-hoc process used in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>B<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Berry Cobb<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>720.839.5735<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mail@berrycobb.com">mail@berrycobb.com</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>@berrycobb<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gnso-sc-budget [mailto:gnso-sc-budget-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Berry Cobb<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 4, 2017 09:41<br><b>To:</b> gnso-sc-budget@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Gnso-sc-budget] Prior GNSO Council Draft Budget Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Per our discussion today, the links below are prior submissions by the GNSO Council regarding the ICANN’s Draft FY** Budget. It was the ad-hoc nature in how these were formulated in addition to the GNSO becoming a Decisional Participant that has led to the formation of this standing committee. There are PDF attachments at the bottom of each web page that you will want to review.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FY17 - <a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-op-budget-fy17-five-year-05mar16/msg00007.html">https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-op-budget-fy17-five-year-05mar16/msg00007.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FY18 - <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-fy18-budget-08mar17/2017-April/000010.html">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-fy18-budget-08mar17/2017-April/000010.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>B<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Berry A. Cobb<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>720.839.5735<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mail@berrycobb.com">mail@berrycobb.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@berrycobb<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>