by Kevin Wilson on April 20, 2009
There is just over a week left on the public comment period for ICANN’s operating plan and budget for next year, and we have received only a few comments so far. We encourage you to provide your input on how the organization should spend its money in FY10.
Why should you bother?
Because ICANN is responsible for the expenditure of tens of millions of dollars in the interests of the Internet community and the Internet infrastructure itself.
Many times a year ICANN is asked to explain its spending decisions. Each time we point to the Strategic Plan and Operating Plan processes to explain that the community itself has significant input how ICANN spends its money and on what. For the past two years, we have followed a process that allows over four months for the public to comment on how ICANN spends the budget.
by Kieren McCarthy on March 17, 2009
Back in November, we outlined “more mechanisms for transparency and accountability” which flagged up the Dashboard that you can access from the front page of the ICANN website, but which also spoke of an “operational scorecard” where the work that ICANN does is clearly identified and tied to the organization’s operating plan and budget.
Just under a month ago that scorecard was published on the ICANN website. COO Doug Brent has been pointing to it frequently ever since but as ever, with such a large and diverse community, very few people are aware of the scorecard.
by Kieren McCarthy on February 18, 2009
In the build up to every ICANN meeting, there is always a glut of public comment periods as reports are finished in time for the community to review them before discussing them in person.
Mexico City is no exception. Although this time, it is very much easier to get a quick overview of what is out from public comment from the front page of the ICANN website (the third box down on the right). Just to present you with another avenue to finding out about these public comment periods however, there are all listed below with quick explanations of what they are and the dates when they close.
by Kieren McCarthy on December 23, 2007
This year’s Annual Report, covering in detail ICANN’s achievements and progress over the past 12 months, has been released.
You can view it as a pdf here.
The report contains a full rundown of ICANN and its work, including information on its mission, values and structure; messages from retiring chairman Vint Cerf, incoming chair Peter Dengate Thrush, and president and CEO Paul Twomey; a section demonstrating progress on the completion of the Joint Project Agreement with the United States government; a run-through of this year’s international meetings, as well as the work carried out by the different supporting organisations and advisory committees; a section on ICANN’s Strategic Plan and Operating Plan; a section on ICANN’s different divisions; and finally the annual report from ICANN’s auditors and a glossary of terms.
