[ALAC] ALAC Statement on Reserve Fund

[Maureen Hilyard]

I agree that there needs to be more transparency with regards to the
proposed use of the reserve fund.

If we were going to add a particular purpose for additional funds to help
ICANN do their work,  I would recommend some of the high priority or
prerequisite recommendations of the CCTRT report - especially those that
suggest support for outreach and the new gtld application process for the
Global South.

Maureen

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> See https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=71602968.
>
> Sebastien identified a number of important issues related to the reserve
> fund, following discussion with him, I have drafted the following short
> statement (also posted to the Wiki). As the PC closes on Thursday, and I
> believe it is essential that we make a strong statement, I would like to
> discuss this on the ALAC call in a few hours.
>
> Alan
>
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>
> The ALAC strongly supports having the Reserve Fund at the level of 12
> months expenses, and higher if there is a practical way of achieving that
> without unduly impacting ICANN's ability to provide necessary services,
> ensure the current and ongoing security, stability and resiliency of the
> DNS, and adequately support its ACs and SOs.
>
> Since the Reserve Fund level is clearly tightly coupled to the level of
> ICANN operational expenses, any discussion of the reserve should have
> included a recent history and projection of ICANN operational expenses
> along with the employee/contractor levels and the Reserve Fund levels over
> the same period.
>
> At whatever level the Reserve Fund target is set, ICANN must publish a
> plan on how and when this will be achieved. Given that the proposed target
> level(s) are significantly above the current Reserve Fund level, and it is
> unrealistic to believe that we will sustain or exceed this year's
> return-to-reserve of $5m, ICANN should expeditiously investigate
> alternative methods of building the reserve to ensure ICANN's future
> stability. Sources such as the Auction Proceeds, the surplus from the last
> round of new gTLD, or a levy on any future new gTLD fees should be
> considered.
>
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