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<DIV>FYI</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Best regards<BR><BR>Wolf-Ulrich<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=robert.hoggarth@icann.org
href="mailto:robert.hoggarth@icann.org">Robert Hoggarth</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 24, 2013 2:46 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=soac-infoalert@icann.org
href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Soac-infoalert] FY14 Budget Action Follow-Up
Plans</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Dear Community
Leaders;<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>I am pleased to report that
yesterday the ICANN Board acted to formally approve the organization’s FY14
budget. The documentation of that decision will be published
shortly.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>We are in the process of collecting
the details of the budget documentation and I will be preparing specific
communications to those of you who submitted FY14 Special Budget Requests (see
<A
href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=38045777">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=38045777</A>)
to explain the disposition of each of those proposals. We hope to have
that information collected and made available to you via email next week.
We expect to follow those email communications with real-time telephone
discussions to clarify the information, answer any of your questions and discuss
specific project/activity implementation plans for several of the approved
initiatives that impact specific communities. <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>I am looking forward to working
through this process with all of you throughout the fiscal
year.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Rob</FONT><FONT
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