[council] SC-ICANN Budget: Draft Submission of Council Comments on ICANN's Reserve Target Level

[Erika Mann]

Berry, hi -

when we debated the topic in the subgroup I raised concern to increase
the reserve fund level (up to 17 months). I like to repeat my concern
again.

Thanks,
Erika

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 8:39 PM, Berry Cobb <mail at berrycobb.com> wrote:
> GNSO Council Members,
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> On behalf of the GNSO Council Standing Committee on ICANN’s Budget and Ops
> Plan (informal until Council adoption of charter), I attach here a draft of
> comments regarding ICANN’s Reserve Target Level for your consideration and
> eventual submission to the public comment forum, absent any objections from
> Council members.  The comment submission deadline is 30 November 2017 and as
> such Council’s deliberation on this draft can occur via the Council’s
> mailing list and it will also be an agenda item on the 30 Nov Council
> meeting.
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> The standing committee met last week to discuss this topic and was also
> joined by Xavier Calvez, ICANN’s CFO.  As agreed during that call, staff
> assisted the committee with developing a first  draft.  This draft contains
> two options with regards to the size of the Reserve Fund; option 1 in line
> with the current target as analyzed by staff and the Board Finance
> Committee, and option 2 that proposes an extension to 24 months of operating
> expenses.  Please refer to the attached draft for details and the analysis
> paper submitted for public comment
> (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reserve-fund-2017-10-12-en).  Only
> one comment has been submitted to date.
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> On behalf of the Council Leadership and again absent any objections, staff
> can submit the final version of comments to the forum by 23:59 UTC, 30
> November 2017.
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> In the meantime, please let staff or Council leadership know if you have any
> questions about process or this draft of comments.  Thank you for your
> attention to this matter.
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> Berry A. Cobb
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