Dear Community Members and Leaders,
5 December 2017 marks the launch of the FY19 SO-AC Community Additional Budget Request process. As you know, this process pertains to a dedicated part of the overall ICANN annual budget that is set aside to fund specific requests from the community for activities that are not already included in the recurring ICANN budget.
The timeline and deliverables for the process are as follows:
Timeline | Start | End | Status |
Kick off and Submission period | 12/5/2017 | 1/31/2018 | Complete |
Submissions Due – send to planning@icann.org | 1/31/2018 | 1/31/2018 | Complete |
Preliminary review of requests by ICANN.org | 2/1/2018 | 3/10/2018 | On target |
SO/AC consultations at ICANN 61 (by request, during Constituents’ Day) | 3/11/2018 | 3/16/2018 | On target |
Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN.org | 3/20/2018 | 4/14/2018 | On target |
ICANN Board Finance Committee Review and recommendation for approval to the Board | 5/1/2018 | 5/1/2018 | On target |
ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting | 5/15/2018 | 5/31/2018 | On target |
Action items
In preparation for the submission, please review the following documents attached with this email:
- FY19 Community Additional Budget Requests Process description and timeline FY19 Community Additional Budget Request Process
- Principles that govern ICANN’s request assessment work Principles of SO-AC Additional Budget Requests
- FY19 template request form FY19 Community Requests Template
- Please e-mail any questions you may have to planning@icann.org and be sure to check the Finance Community Wiki for updates.
We look forward to working with you all again on this effort for FY19!
Please e-mail any questions you may have to planning@icann.org
Regards,
ICANN.org Finance Team
