<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>following the process set with the ICANN accountability, the ICANN budget and operating plan are confirmed by the empowered community since there was no petition.</div><div>another test of the process.</div><div> </div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik <br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_7365832653313833700WordSection1">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Empowered Community – ICANN Budget and Operating Plans in Effect</span><u></u><u></u></h1>
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<p>On 17 July 2017, the ICANNEmpowered Community confirmed that it was not rejecting any of the following documents previously approved by the ICANN Board on 24 June 2017:<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ICANN’s FY2018 Budget and Operating Plan</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">IANA’s Budget for FY2018</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ICANN’s Five-Year Operating Plan</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem">The confirmation followed the expiration of the 21-day period for the Empowered Community to raise a petition against any of these documents. Read more about these and other Empowered Community
 actions <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/ec#ongoing-actions" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">here</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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