<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="16994C93-F9DF-4BC8-BF2B-F840ADFD497F" height="144" width="750" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:CB23398E-7798-4396-992A-43F052D6A25A/PastedGraphic-2.tiff"></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><h4 style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 1.31rem; line-height: 1.1;" class=""><a href="http://icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-12-en" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 123, 193); text-decoration: none;" class="">ICANN Holds Calls with Community on Public Comments Submitted on the Draft FY17 Operating Plan and Budget</a></h4><p class="DigestEntry-summary" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">ICANN will be holding community calls during which the comments submitted on the Draft FY17 Operating Plan and Budget will be presented by the submitters to ICANN staff. This is intended to enhance the understanding of the comments and so improve the quality of the response.
This process was implemented to improve the public comment process, consistently with ATRT2 recommendations (#12.1 and #12.5).
All calls will be public, focused on the organization that submitted comments, and attended by at least one Board Finance Committee member. Additional board members may attend based on…</span></p><p class="DigestEntry-summary" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; font-size: medium; color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><a href="http://icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-12-en" class="">Read more</a></p></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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