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NARALO comment on Draft FY12 Operating Plan and Budget
ALAC ALAC Statement on the draft FY12 Operational Plan and Budget
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- In paragraph 4.7 about the community support, there is a comprehensive description of the process of additional service requests from the ICANN constituencies except the way those requests were treated and decided on by the staff.
As far as At-Large is concerned, most of the few recources resources allocated do not cover the projects applied for. At-Large applied for projects, not for money: replacing (for example) funding a RALO General Assembly by 6 additional travel support slots will not allow the GA to be held.
And yet, the links with the strategic plan elements were clearly established for all the presented projects. Some of them have even been applied for last year with a clear support from all, and we were told that they will have better chance to be covered by FY12 budget. And yet, the links with the strategic plan elements were clearly established for all the presented projects. Some of them have even been applied for last year with a clear support from all, and we were told that they will have better chance to be covered by FY12 budget.
ALAC is still asking for the integration of those projects in the FY12 budget, and, for the ones that could not be integrated, providing clear description of the reasons for their rejection or postponing. We also expect that a formal statement will be provided telling when the non-integrated projects will be funded.
- In the paragraph 4.8 about the policy development support, it was planned to allocate resources for the implementation of improvements requested by ALAC, consisting, inter alias, in supporting during the period 2010-2013 one General Assembly for each of the five Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) held in conjunction with either an ICANN or key regional Internet stakeholder meeting in order to set priorities, develop strategies for improving participation, including capacity-building programs.
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