[ALAC] PLEASE REVIEW: Comments on the FY18 Draft Operational Plan and Budget

[Alan Greenberg]

Please see https://community.icann.org/x/37XRAw for the two comments 
to be submitted (subject to final editing) to the Public Comment on 
the FY18 Operational Plan and Budget.

The first one is our comment on the draft document. The original 
draft authored by Tijani has been posted for several days. It was 
modified based on comments received and the final contents were 
discussed during today's Finance and Budget Subcommittee meeting.

There was one comment suggesting a stronger caveat to the approval of 
the extension of the CCWG Accountability budget to FY18 (there is no 
additional allocation but the change allows unspent FY17 funds to be 
carried over to FY18). At the ALT meeting today, the ALT discussed 
this suggestion and unanimously is recommending to the ALAC that the 
form of condition in the current version be unchanged (specifically 
that the CCWG monitor progress and ensure that there be no further 
such extensions).

We are also submitting a second comment (again present in an earlier 
form from Tijani and discussed and agreed upon in the FBSC) will be 
submitted requesting travel funding for the GAC Liaison as well as 
for (as a pilot program) five additional traveller who are active 
workers in At-Large or other ICANN WGs. This is patterned after the 
At-Large Review analysis which correctly identified the need for such 
travellers (although we did not agree on how they made such slots available).

The comment period closes at 23:59 today (Friday, 26 April 2017).

IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR NOTICE ANY ERRORS, PLEASE LET US KNOW IN 
TIME FOR CHANGES TO BE CONSIDERED AND MADE PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE.

Alan
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