<div>This is perhaps the most
important recurring public comment opportunity that we have. It is our chance as
representatives of the non-commercial community to ask for different spending
priorities to be made, to question aspects of ICANN’s
operations, and to express our views on the functioning of ICANN the organisation. The comment period
ends on 8 February, and there is a lot of information to be processed in order for
us to make an intelligent and informed comment. So far, ICANN has published some 247
pages of material along with spreadsheets containing thousands of rows of
projects, so it's really 'all hands on deck' to review everything - including the ommissions - and to prepare a comment. I'm happy to help contribute to this comment; I hope others will too!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes, <br></div><div>Ayden Férdeline <br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br></div><div> On Monday, 17 December 2018 18:46, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM> wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>ICANN just published today the public consultation for the FY20 Operating Plan and Budget. With the IANA stewardship transition and ICANN accountability setup, it became critical for the different groups within ICANN including NCSG to follow the budgeting and planning process more closely and participate actively.<br></div><div><br></div><div>As a group, we need to submit our comment on the ICANN budget in particular in relation to anything related to GNSO policy making processes and the support provided to community. The budget and operating plan set and outline the priorities for ICANN for coming fiscal year and so having impact on our policies and our activities. There is also an update of 5 years operating plan. For more background, you can find all the relevant material here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy20-budget-2018-12-17-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/fy20-budget-2018-12-17-en</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I created this google doc to be used during the drafting and accessible to all: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OkFN5FKHPPGqT4hyJGjWRTE5IXJS8CbjusUMPo_5kng/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OkFN5FKHPPGqT4hyJGjWRTE5IXJS8CbjusUMPo_5kng/edit</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Please let me offline if you want to volunteer to participate in drafting the NCSG comment. For this particular effort, the NCSG Financial Committee is expected to work with other interested volunteers from NCSG membership. It also should coordinate with the NCSG members of the GNSO Standing Committee on ICANN's Budget and Operations, led by Ayden. I expect NCSG Policy Committee members to participate actively too. As there are several things to cover in the public comment material, having many volunteers would be helpful. It is also an important group effort for NCSG. The final draft comment will go then through the usual process of review and approval for the NCSG Policy Committee.<br></div><div><br></div><div>You can find previous public comment submitted by NCSG here <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018" style="background-color:rgb(184,234,184)" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018</a> and listing those who drafted them. thanks again for those who participating in drafting of the previous comments : Austin, Ioana, Farzaneh, Tomslin, Farell, Juan. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Rafik Dammak<br></div><div><br></div><div>NCSG Policy Committee Chair <br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>