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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Tuesday, January 24, 2017 4:39 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- PTI Board Adopts FY18 Budget and Publishes Report of Public Comments<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SJsLBjukb8rNq368jEjA0gjEPTz1NvG6uQVUVHV-be8&s=j1TT6r9VLciopAoTe1gS88vYPDvQ6GIbx-pxwrGW3Mw&e="><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=94 height=94 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01D2761F.70354A10" alt=ICANN></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-01-23-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-01-23-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:15.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PTI Board Adopts FY18 Budget and Publishes Report of Public Comments<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>23 January 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The PTI Board has <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__pti.icann.org_en_pti_adopted-2Dboard-2Dresolutions-2Dspecial-2Dmeeting-2Dof-2Dthe-2Dpti-2Dboard-2D18-2Djanuary-2D2017&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SJsLBjukb8rNq368jEjA0gjEPTz1NvG6uQVUVHV-be8&s=-1YxSPA-XjHy8pjKsJSBXSVMQyl_dgmNNs6lpgLfZIc&e=">adopted its FY18 Operating Plan and Budget</a>, following a seven-week Public Comment period on a draft published in October 2016. The ICANN Board will consider PTI's Budget at its March meeting, to be held during the ICANN58 meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN and PTI have also <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_fy18-2Dpti-2Doperating-2Dplan-2Dbudget-2D2016-2D10-2D24-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SJsLBjukb8rNq368jEjA0gjEPTz1NvG6uQVUVHV-be8&s=Gf5qucUBbfiWZIIm7BIzUZEj3ndyNCOzZIphoKWeqX4&e=">published the Report of Public Comments</a> on PTI's draft FY18 plans. This detailed report responds to each of the 21 individual comments submitted. The report has been structured thematically and is accompanied by a sortable spreadsheet, to help readers find the comments and responses they are most interested in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The FY18 PTI Operating Plan and Budget is the result of months of collaborative work by the community and staff. It includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Highlights of all PTI operations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Overview of the PTI Implementation Costs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Overview of PTI's FY18 budget<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Detailed FY18 operating plan<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PTI's fiscal year runs from 1 July through 30 June and the adopted Operating Plan and Budget will run from 1 July 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Budget documents are <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_pti-2Dfy18-2Doperating-2Dplan-2Dbudget-2D23jan17-2Den.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SJsLBjukb8rNq368jEjA0gjEPTz1NvG6uQVUVHV-be8&s=QBf2vtPM8HSEM0anfeTdQ8jLvWDHFizNiVqXA2B4QFo&e=">published here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>