Dear Community Members and Leaders,
15 December 2016 marks the launch of the FY18 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:
FY18 Community Additional Budget Requests Timeline | Start | End |
Kick off and Submission period | 12/15/2016 | 1/30/2017 |
Preliminary review of requests by ICANN staff | 1/31/2017 | 3/10/2017 |
SO/AC consultations at ICANN 58 (by request, during Constituents’ Day) | 3/11/2017 | 3/16/2017 |
Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN staff | 3/20/2017 | 4/14/2017 |
ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting | 5/15/2017 | 5/31/2017 |
Action items
In preparation for the submission, please review the following documents:
- FY18 Community Additional Budget Requests Process description and timeline FY18 Community Additional Budget Request Process
- Principles that govern ICANN’s request assessment work Principles of SO-AC Additional Budget Requests
- FY18 template request form FY18 Community Requests Template
Please e-mail any questions you may have to controller@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 FY18!
Regards,
ICANN Staff