[Finance-sc] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Empowered Community Powers Triggered: FY18 Operating Plan and Budget, and Updates to Five-Year Operating Plan

Sun Jun 25 09:28:41 UTC 2017

Hello all,

please be so kind to take some time to focus on the topic below, as
ICANN is now entering a new phase. Prior to the Community Powers, the
Board had the last word on these topics. Today, the Community has, as
explained below. It is therefore vital that the ALAC keeps a very close
eye on this topic and to monitor any points made by any SO/AC regarding
the Budget, and exert its right to agree/disagree on these points.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

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Subject: 	ICANN News Alert -- Empowered Community Powers Triggered: FY18
Operating Plan and Budget, and Updates to Five-Year Operating Plan
Date: 	Sat, 24 Jun 2017 15:30:10 -0400
From: 	ICANN News Alert <no-reply at external.icann.org>
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ICANN News Alert
ICANN <http://www.icann.org/>

    News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-06-24-en

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    Empowered Community Powers Triggered: FY18 Operating Plan and
    Budget, and Updates to Five-Year Operating Plan

24 June 2017

On 24 June 2017, the ICANN Board adopted ICANN's FY18 Operating Plan and
Budget, the FY18 IANA Budget, and updates to the Five-Year Operating
Plan. Under ICANN's post-IANA Stewardship Transition Bylaws
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en>, the
Empowered Community has the power to consider and, if they choose, to
reject these documents before they go into effect.

ICANN's FY18 Operating Plan and Budget, the FY18 IANA Budget, and
updates to the Five-Year Operating Plan are the result of 11 months of
collaborative work by the organization, community, PTI Board, and ICANN
Board Finance Committee. They include:

  * Highlights of all ICANN Operations
  * Overview of ICANN's FY18 Budget
  * Detailed FY18 Operating Plan
  * Detailed descriptions of portfolios of activities to support the
    goals and objectives described in the ICANN Strategic Plan for
    Fiscal Years 2016–2020, and the updated Five-Year Operating Plan
  * Detailed lists of projects for each portfolio, with project-level
    budgeted costs
  * Summary of changes from the Draft FY18 Operating Plan and Budget

The community's continuously increasing participation in the planning
process is a cornerstone of ICANN's transparency and accountability to
the global multistakeholder community. ICANN thanks all community
members who contributed to the development of the budget. Budget
documents for FY18 and previous years are published here
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/planning-en>.

In accordance with the ICANN Bylaws Annex D, Section 6.2
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article6>,
the Empowered Community now has the opportunity to trigger the following
three actions:

  * Rejection of the ICANN FY18 Operating Plan and Budget
  * Rejection of the FY18 IANA Budget
  * Rejection of updates to the Five-Year Operating Plan

Each of these documents will come into effect only after giving the
Empowered Community time to consider whether it will raise a petition
rejecting the budgets and/or operating plans. Decisional Participants of
the Empowered Community have 28 days to bring forth a petition to reject
any of these documents.

If the Empowered Community does not raise a petition, both budgets will
go into effect on 22 July 2017. In accordance with the ICANN Bylaws
Sections 22.4(a)(ix) and 22.4(b)(ix)
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article22>,
until the budgets are adopted, including throughout an Empowered
Community Petition Process, both IANA and ICANN will operate under
separate Caretaker Budgets during the period of FY18.

With the FY18 Caretaker Budget in effect, the ICANN organization will
manage with limited operational impact. As noted in the FY18 Operating
Plan and Budget, the ICANN FY18 Caretaker Budget prohibits ICANN from
posting new positions and reduces travel and professional fees by 10%.
The IANA Caretaker Budget is equal to the FY18 IANA Budget to ensure the
stability of the IANA functions.

      What Is the Empowered Community?

The Empowered Community is the mechanism through which ICANN's
Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) can
organize under California law to legally enforce community powers. The
community powers and rules that govern the Empowered Community are
defined in the ICANN Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

      Who Can Participate in the Empowered Community?

All of ICANN's SOs, as well as the At-Large and Governmental ACs, are
Decisional Participants, and can participate in the Empowered Community,
including:

  * Address Supporting Organization (ASO)
  * Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
  * Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
  * At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
  * Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)

      How Does the Empowered Community Use Its powers?

The Empowered Community has an escalation process to reject ICANN's FY18
Operating Plan and Budget, the FY18 IANA Budget, and updates to the
Five-Year Operating Plan. This escalation process gives SOs and ACs
opportunities to discuss solutions with the ICANN Board.

For more information on the Empowered Community, click here
<https://www.icann.org/ec>.
For more information on ongoing Empowered Community petitions, click
here <https://www.icann.org/ec#ongoing-actions>.
For more information on upcoming Empowered Community opportunities,
click here <https://www.icann.org/ec#upcoming-actions>.

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