[Finance-sc] Looking for a CROP

Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
Mon Feb 12 02:14:31 UTC 2018


Thanks  Olivier
As a CROP RT as many of us are  it's something we need to know since we
also need to start soon on our  CROP Plans which get approved by the GSE.
I wonder if the GSE has heads up on this?

G

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On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 7:38 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
wrote:

> Dear Judith,
>
> these budget items are core.
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 12/02/2018 00:55, Judith Hellerstein wrote:
> > Hi Olivier
> >
> > Good sleuthing. Possibly crop was folded into the core? What I suggest
> is that we have a call with Mary Wong who is the point person with crop.
> Also we should ask Ariel Liang who takes care of some admin issues. They
> could shed some light on these findings
> >
> > Cheers
> > Judith
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > Judith at jhellerstein.com
> > Skype ID:Judithhellerstein
> >
> >> On Feb 11, 2018, at 6:45 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> during our recent call to decide on Additional Budget Items, I have
> >> heard rumours of CROP being slashed in FY19, but no actual pointer to
> >> any announcement about this. Neither did anyone provide any proof of
> >> these rumours.
> >>
> >> I had to check this out myself, and could not find it in any of the
> >> Budget documents, nor was there a mention about CROP on any budget
> >> summaries, nor any announcement of CROP being slashed.
> >>
> >> I compared FY18 and FY19 master budget documents, along with project
> >> numbers and although this was a bit time consuming, I think I have found
> >> the answer:
> >>
> >> In the overall budget Excel Master Document - Section 1.2 for FY18 had
> >> projects 151053, 151157, 151171, 151172, 151173, 151177, 151180, 151187,
> >> 151188, 151190, etc.
> >>
> >> In FY19, there is 151055 to replace 151053, then 151157, 151171, 151173,
> >> 151177, 151180, 151189, 151190, 151191 etc.
> >>
> >> Thus missing from the list are 151172, 151187, 151188
> >>
> >> 151172 = FY18 Ongoing ccNSO Council Support
> >>
> >> This was a budget item that appears to have been folded into 151171 the
> >> ongoing ccNSO General Support.
> >>
> >> 151187 = FY18 Ongoing SO-AC, GNSO Secretariat Support Program
> >>
> >> That was probably folded into 151206 - Recurring Activity - GNSO PDP
> >> Support & Activities. In FY18 this line used to be more restricted to
> >> just policy support with 7.7FTE & $1.2M. In FY18 151206 is 9.6FTE &
> $1.7M
> >>
> >> And that leaves 151188 missing from FY19. Budget Item 151188 is: CROP.
> >>
> >> Thus is appears that CROP has been discontinued, unless it is covered by
> >> another budget elsewhere, but I have gone through the whole set of
> >> accounts with a fine tooth-comb, project by project and not found any
> >> mention of CROP or its various denominations.
> >>
> >> I gather that the ALAC will wish to comment about this and seek
> >> clarification as to whether this budget item has been slashed when in
> >> FY18 it was explicitly deemed to be so successful that it was leaving
> >> the "pilot program" stage and be integrated to the main budget. If CROP
> >> was indeed ended, I gather that the ALAC would also complain about
> >> ICANN's lack of official announcement about this, especially in light of
> >> the Additional Budget Requests deadline now having closed. It just does
> >> not sound like a proper way to work with the community.
> >>
> >> If CROP was ended, I would also recommend that the ALAC seeks a joint
> >> statement with the other communities that have benefited from CROP. I am
> >> aware of at least one community that is equally unhappy about the way
> >> this appears to have been handled.
> >>
> >> Kindest regards,
> >>
> >>
> >> Olivier
> >>
> >>
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