[council] GNSO Council Agenda Item: ICANN FY Budget and Ops Plan Standing Committee

[Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben]

Thanks Berry!

With respect to the draft charter I'd like to hear on the call the 
rationale to limiting committee membership just to council members.

Best regards

Wolf-Ulrich


Am 10.10.2017 um 16:15 schrieb Berry Cobb:
>
> Dear Council Members,
>
> Staff wanted to draw your attention to one of the agenda items in 
> preparation for the Council call on 12 October.
>
> You might recall discussions at ICANN59 about the possible formation 
> of a standing committee to assist the GNSO Council’s participation in 
> the annual ICANN Fiscal Year Budget and Operating Plan process and to 
> become more proactive in preparation of public comments on behalf of 
> the Council.  Attached, you will find a draft document that first 
> contains a call for volunteers within the Council and secondly the 
> document contains a proposed draft charter for the standing committee 
> activities.  Should the Council support the standing committee 
> formation and with adequate volunteers, the charter can then be 
> further refined and later approved by the Council.
>
> In related news, you just saw a note sent by the Council Chair with 
> the announcement of the public comment period for the PTI FY19 draft 
> budget.  In the past, the Council has not submitted public comments 
> because it is more to do with operations that affect registry 
> operators and less to do with policy development.  However, that does 
> not prevent the Council from submitting comments for this cycle. The 
> comment period will close *_26 November_*.  The target for PTI budget 
> approval is *_9 January 2018_*. There will also be two sessions at 
> ICANN60 relating to the FY19 Budget:
>
> ·ICANN Budget Basics (30 Oct, 1515-1645) http://sched.co/CbEv
>
> ·Budget Working Group (1 Nov, 1030-1400) http://sched.co/CbGT
>
> Also, ICANN Finance held an FY19 Planning webinar in September 
> <https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/FY19+Planning+Process>. 
> The public comment window for the ICANN Org budget is set to begin on 
> *_15 January_* until *_4 March 2018_*. You might notice this schedule 
> is earlier than prior years to allow the ICANN Board to approve the 
> budget and still provide adequate time for review by the Empowered 
> Community (EC).  The earlier process cycle and Board approval is to 
> mitigate ICANN Org from having to enter into the “care-taker budget” 
> process should the EC choose not to reject the budget.  Staff will 
> remind the Council often as key milestones on the budget process draw 
> near.
>
> Thank you for your attention and staff looks forward to assisting the 
> Council on this process.
>
> B
>
> Berry A. Cobb
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