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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Forwarding on behalf of Samantha Eisner. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Samantha Eisner <Samantha.Eisner@icann.org><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 10:51 AM<br><b>To: </b>Sharon Flanagan <sflanagan@sidley.com>, Client Committee <cwg-client@icann.org><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [client com] Caretaker IANA Budget - Request for Confirmation</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Hi Sharon, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>From an operational perspective, we believe that it is important to maintain a reference to an operating plan, and it does not create any conflict with the ICG (CWG) or CCWG proposals. ICANN does not support the deletion of the reference.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><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='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'><<a href="mailto:cwg-client-bounces@icann.org">cwg-client-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of "Flanagan, Sharon" <<a href="mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com">sflanagan@sidley.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7:05 AM<br><b>To: </b>Client Committee <<a href="mailto:cwg-client@icann.org">cwg-client@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[client com] Caretaker IANA Budget - Request for Confirmation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear Client Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We wanted to confirm one point in the draft ICANN bylaws, in Annex F which addresses the caretaker IANA budget. In Section 1 of Annex F, the “caretaker” IANA Budget is defined as “an <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>annual operating plan</span> and budget that is established by the CFO in accordance with the following principles…” However, the CWG proposal refers to the ICANN annual operating plan and budget, but refers only to IANA budget (and does not refer to an annual IANA operating plan). We believe the reference to an annual operating plan in Annex F for the IANA caretaker budget was a carry over from the ICANN caretaker budget annex and should be deleted. Can you please confirm?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks,<br>Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>SHARON R. 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