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We are pleased to report that the Community Regional Outreach Program (CROP)-FY18 Home (CROP) Wiki space is now built out, open and ready for your plans and transaction entries.

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After testing a pilot outreach event capability in FY17, the CROP program will revert to focusing on regional travel for all eligible communities, rather than outreach events. All communities will be able to target five individual regional trips for FY18. GNSO Constituencies will have the option of targeting one out of region trip to maximize outreach opportunities in addition to four individual regional trips for FY18.  

FY18 Enhancements & Highlights

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1. CROP - Core Activity

The pilot program label has been removed, and the CROP program has been moved to the Policy Development Support Team's core activities, coordinated by that staff in collaboration with the Global Stakeholder Engagement Team.

2. Funded Trips Augmented by 1 Full Day

Responding to community requests, all standard FY18 funded outreach trips available to RALOs and Constituencies participating in this aspect of the program will be extended to 4-days and 3-nights.

2.  Expanded Options for GNSO Constituencies

CROP options have been reconfigured for GNSO Constituencies to offer additional flexibility in reaching strategic outreach goals, based on community input and on FY18 SO/AC Special Budget Requests for outreach.

For FY18, each GNSO Constituency will be able to choose either:

Four (4) individual CROP travel allocations; or

To host, co-host, or sponsor up to two (2) targeted community outreach/engagement events during the fiscal year (US $7,500 funding limit for each event); or

To host, co-host, or sponsor one (1) targeted community outreach/engagement event during the fiscal year (US $7,500 funding limit) plus two (2) individual CROP travel authorizations.

Each GNSO Constituency will make a selection from the above alternatives within its Outreach Strategic Plan document (available on the Wiki site).

Outreach engagement events may include, and are not limited to: travel allocations for speakers/organizers (maximum of one out of region funded traveler per outreach event), booth, communications materials, catering/receptions, remote participation, etc. Details are to be submitted in the draft event proposal including agendas and all elements for which resources will be required. These changes will allow us to test whether the expanded options provide practical value to the community strategies and programs. 

3.  Wiki Site Improvements

within the five individual trips allocation.

To reflect the program changes, we have also made the following modification: 

• CROP Wiki space is moved from the "GSE" tab to the "SOAC/E" tab in the Community Wiki 
• CROP Staff email address is crop-staff@icann.org
• CROP Procedures & Guidelines, FY18 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), and FY18 CROP Processing Flow Diagram in the CROP-FY18 Home have been updated
• CROP Trip Proposal template for the GNSO Constituencies have been updated 

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We invite you to browse through the CROP-FY18 Home and through the CROP Procedures & Guidelines page and email us (crop-staff@icann.org) with any of your thoughts, comments or questions on specific aspects of the FY18 program. Provisions have also been made to capture your input on our Feedback page. Your continued feedback now and throughout the course of the program will help us identify further areas of improvement, flag issues we may not have anticipated, and demonstrate that this type of program can continue to meet its goals and objectives.

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For a complete list of individuals who have CROP duties, please see our FY18 CROP Contacts page.

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Benedetta Rossi | Policy & Community Engagement Analyst

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