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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear all,&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The notes, recordings and transcripts for the DT-O Meeting on 27 May are available here:&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0'><a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52895649"><span style='color:#0070C0'>https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52895649</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Brenda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:22.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Notes</span></b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>#125:&nbsp;Proposed&nbsp;DT&nbsp;O&nbsp;response:&nbsp;PTI&nbsp;should&nbsp;develop&nbsp;a&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;plan&nbsp;which&nbsp;should&nbsp;outline&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;priorities&nbsp;(at&nbsp;a&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;every&nbsp;4&nbsp;years,&nbsp;similar&nbsp;to&nbsp;<br>ICANN's&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;plan),&nbsp;while&nbsp;PTI&nbsp;should&nbsp;also&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;yearly&nbsp;budget&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;reviewed&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;community.&nbsp;Fully&nbsp;approved&nbsp;budget&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;done&nbsp;on&nbsp;an&nbsp;<br>annual&nbsp;basis.&nbsp;PTI&nbsp;should&nbsp;submit&nbsp;a&nbsp;budget&nbsp;to&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;9&nbsp;months&nbsp;in&nbsp;advance&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;fiscal&nbsp;year.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;expectation&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;Board&nbsp;should&nbsp;<br>aim&nbsp;to&nbsp;approve&nbsp;the&nbsp;PTI&nbsp;budget&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;three&nbsp;months&nbsp;in&nbsp;advance&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;fiscal&nbsp;year.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;view&nbsp;of&nbsp;DT&nbsp;O&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;budget&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;approved&nbsp;by&nbsp;<br>the&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;Board&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;much&nbsp;earlier&nbsp;timeframe&nbsp;than&nbsp;the&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;Budget&nbsp;(similar&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;special&nbsp;community&nbsp;budget&nbsp;request,&nbsp;for&nbsp;example).&nbsp;See&nbsp;also&nbsp;the&nbsp;<br>comment&nbsp;by&nbsp;.nz.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>DT&nbsp;O&nbsp;agrees&nbsp;with&nbsp;AFNIC's&nbsp;suggetion&nbsp;for&nbsp;an&nbsp;annual&nbsp;independent&nbsp;financial&nbsp;audit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>DT&nbsp;O&nbsp;notes&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;final&nbsp;paragraph&nbsp;is&nbsp;expected&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;addressed&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;CWG&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;context&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;PTI&nbsp;structure&nbsp;and&nbsp;composition.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>#283:&nbsp;DT&nbsp;O&nbsp;is&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;view&nbsp;that&nbsp;benchmarking&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;done&nbsp;against&nbsp;the&nbsp;cost&nbsp;estimates&nbsp;that&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;finance&nbsp;is&nbsp;expected&nbsp;to&nbsp;provide&nbsp;(as&nbsp;requested&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;<br>CWG&nbsp;Chairs)&nbsp;not&nbsp;the&nbsp;$2.3&nbsp;M&nbsp;as&nbsp;suggested&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;commenter.&nbsp;Please&nbsp;also&nbsp;refer&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;recommendations&nbsp;made&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;CWG&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;annex&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>#316:&nbsp;DT&nbsp;O&nbsp;appreciates&nbsp;the&nbsp;feedback&nbsp;provided&nbsp;and&nbsp;notes&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;conflict&nbsp;between&nbsp;the&nbsp;two&nbsp;approaches.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>#317:&nbsp;DT&nbsp;O&nbsp;appreciates&nbsp;the&nbsp;input&nbsp;provided&nbsp;and&nbsp;suggests&nbsp;that&nbsp;those&nbsp;steps&nbsp;are&nbsp;customised&nbsp;for&nbsp;how&nbsp;PTI&nbsp;is&nbsp;expected&nbsp;to&nbsp;develop&nbsp;its&nbsp;budget&nbsp;(as&nbsp;a&nbsp;best&nbsp;practice).&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>#319:&nbsp;DT&nbsp;O&nbsp;agrees&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;comment&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;CCWG-Accountability&nbsp;chairs&nbsp;and&nbsp;notes&nbsp;that&nbsp;a&nbsp;process&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;developed&nbsp;possibly&nbsp;as&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;implementation&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;proposal.&nbsp;The&nbsp;CWG&nbsp;should&nbsp;consider&nbsp;<br>whether&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;any&nbsp;elements&nbsp;that&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;developed&nbsp;as&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;final&nbsp;proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></body></html>