This Workspace has been created to assist the ALAC/At-Large community in developing FY21 Additional Budget Request (ABR) proposals. The ALAC Finance and Budget Sub-committee (FBSC) will review all proposals submitted and will agree on which to submit to ICANN on behalf of the ALAC.
FY21 ALAC/ALT Plus Criteria for Additional Budget Requests: (TBC)
- In the post-ATLAS III environment, proposals should include activities that will make the entire At-Large community more effective in policy advice development.
- Outreach should not be a major focus. Activities to improve engagement with existing members is encouraged.
- If any request is made on outreach, it should go through the CROP program or as a part of a larger ALAC request for RALO Discretionary Funding.
- RALO requests should be strategic and in line with their RALO's strategic outreach plans and must be endorsed by their RALO prior to being submitted for consideration by the FBSC.
- Priority will also only be given to those who have provided draft reports as requested as part of the FY20 ABR approval language. Final reports must be submitted by the end of FY21. For Details see: At-Large FY20 Additional Budget Request Implementation Workspace .
- Staff is currently expecting that basic resources for community communications/printing will be supported through the core ICANN budget, but that community proposals for printing , etc. will be accepted as a back-up in case expectations change. Specific proposals for communications resources beyond simple printing and editing functions should be prepared and submitted.
Important Documents and Resources from ICANN Finance:
- FY21 Community Additional Budget Requests Process description and timeline FY21 Community Additional Budget Request Process
- Principles that govern ICANN’s request assessment work Principles of SO-AC Additional Budget Requests
- FY21 template request form FY21 Community Requests Template
FY21 Additional Budget Request Timeline
The timeline and deliverables for the process are as follows:
Timeline | Start | End | Status |
Kick off and Submission period | 11/11/2019 | 31/01/2020 | In Progress |
| FBSC representatives and/or staff to send notice of opening of FY21 Additional Budget Request (ABR) process to RALOs | 02/12/2019 | 02/12/2019 | Completed |
| RALOs to review any ALS request or complete a template on behalf of the RALO and send requests to | 16/12/2019 | 06/01/2020 - extended to 08/01/2020 at 12:00 UTC. | |
| Discussion of Proposals with Finance and Policy Staff and FBSC | 06/01/2020 | 10/01/2020 | |
| Revised proposals to be sent to the FBSC for final review. | 13/01/2020 | 17/01/2020 | |
| The ALAC to review the proposed At-Large FY21 ABRs during their monthly call | 21/01/2020 | 21/01/2020 | |
| The FBSC to review all the RALO requests. | 22/01/2020 | 24/01/2020 | |
Submissions Due – send to planning@icann.org (IMPORTANT: At-Large staff will send all At-Large requests to Planning@icann.org) | 31/01/2020 | 31/01/2020 | |
Preliminary review of requests by ICANN.org | 03/02/2020 | 06/03/2020 | |
SO/AC consultations at ICANN 67(by request, during Constituents’ Day) | 07/03/2020 | 12/03/2020 | |
Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN.org | 16/03/2019 | 03/04/2019 | |
ICANN Board Finance Committee Review and recommendation for approval to the Board | 13/04/2019 | 17/04/2019 | |
ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting | 20/04/2019 | 12/05/2019 |
ALAC:
| Request | Person or Group Submitting | Title of Proposal | Request Number | Description | Comments by ICANN Staff Regarding Possible Collaboration | FBSC Notes and Decision | Status |
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| ALAC | Access by RALOs for Funding of Local Engagement Activities | ||||||
| ALAC | ALAC on behalf of Judith Hellerstein | Real-time Captioning RTT of Zoom Meetings in English and Spanish | Seeking 12 hours of RTT services in English and 6 hours of RTT services in Spanish. The Spanish RTT will be off the Spanish interpretation that is already provided | ||||
| ALAC | ALAC on behalf of Dev Anand Teelucksingh and Glenn McKnight | At-Large Content Management System | The support request is for the setup and maintenance of a content management system (CMS) for ICANN At-Large Community to share up to date news and updates about ICANN At-Large Community and its activities in a manner that
Currently a great deal of At-Large updates are done
The proposed content management system would reduce such manual duplication by writing one post about At-Large news and updates and having that content automatically shared via email to At-Large mailing lists, to social media, be discoverable via search engines, accessible on mobile devices. At-Large members can have headlines from the At-Large Content Management System embedded on their websites. Write once, distribute everywhere. At-Large Staff can be editors and At-Large Community members can submit posts about their ICANN activities in their language. The proposed At-Large Community CMS is Wordpress, a popular CMS with relatively minimal hosting requirements and with a variety of plugins and themes. The funding request is to host this CMS outside of ICANN’s hosting so that ICANN’s security is maintained by not having cross-sharing of resources within ICANN.org. The anticipated direct costs are
In addition, Amazon Services offers additional services such as :
As an experiment, some members of the O&E developed a prototype website https://icannatlarge.blog/ showing some of these concepts in action. | ||||
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RALOs:
| RALO Requesting | Person or Group Submitting | Title of Proposal | Request Number | Description | Comments by ICANN Staff Regarding Possible Collaboration | FBSC Notes and Decision | Status |
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EURALO | Sebastien Bachollet (Euralo Chair) | Youth involvement in At-Large work | ABR 1 | Following ATLAS III involvement of some youths in each RALO. In complement of the work done by NextGen & Fellowship programs. Following the need to have a longer-term engagement of youths in RALOs/At-Large activities. Adding 3 slots for young to participate to ICANN meetings One for the region of the meeting and 2 additional FY 2021 Hamburg (AGM) EU - APAC - LAC Cancun (CF) LAC - NA - EU The Hague (PF) EU - APAC - NA Request Number Budget: 30k$ | |||
EURALO | Sebastien Bachollet (Euralo Chair) | IGF Global (2020 in Poland) specific budget | ABR 2 | 2017 GVA - 2018 PAR - 2019 BER - 2020 Katowice IGF Global is organized for the 4th years in a row in EU Each year EURALO is using one on his crop slot to participate and organize the presence of At-Large IGF Global is organized for the 1st time in Eastern Europe It is an opportunity for A-Large to be more involved in this region (covering both EU and AP) As ICANN is now very much organized around 3 pillars: Board - Org - Comm ICANN budget for IGF global must be equal for the 3 groups: Board - Org - Comm At-Large delegation proposal for IGF Global in Poland (Katowice 2020) Chair of ALAC Chair of Euralo Chair of O&E + 5 Co-Chairs of E&O Request Number 3 or 8 people 20K$ to 40k$ | |||
EURALO | Sebastien Bachollet (Euralo Chair) | Youth IGF hubs | ABR 3 | Description As IGF Global is organized for the 1st time in Eastern Europe It is an opportunity for A-Large to be more involved in this region (covering both EU and AP) The requested budget will help to support better engagement of At-Large in Youth IGF activities in few (2 to 4) countries of the region (both Eastern Europe and Western Asia). The goal is to support Annual Youth IGF meeting and more regular activity like monthly (?)) meetings of active youth with key global speakers from At-Large and ICANN Request Number 20K$ to 40k$ | |||
EURALO | Sebastien Bachollet (Euralo Chair) | Training for EURALO ALSes (At EURALO GA in FY21) | ABR 4 | Prior to EURALO f2f General Assembly that will be held in FY21, a training will be organized for all EURALO ALS representatives similar to what was held during ATLAS III. As we had a small number of Euralo participants to ATLAS III, we would like to organize a targeted training on policy involvement for each ALS rep + some members of Euralo IUA (who will be at the GA). Request Number 20K$ to 40k$ | |||
| LACRALO | Adrian Carballo | LACRALO Academy at the LARALO General Assembly scheduled to take place during ICANN70 in Cancun. | We will carry out Training activities on topics that represent milestones in the process of Evolution of the Multistakeholder Model within ICANN and Update of Policy Issues within the LACRALO Directory. Fortunately, part of the LACRALO Board of Directors actively participated in ATLAS III, which allows us to ensure an application of what has been learned and an evolution of the process. Our proposal seeks to promote greater participation from countries such as Nicaragua, which has been more actively incorporated shortly before ATLAS III. As part of our regional strategy to promote the participation of countries that are not yet represented in LACRALO, our activity focuses on creating the Regional Strategy, for Five (5) years, that allows us to engage more members with active and informed participation . We want to create an Information Bulletin which allows us to give an institutional voice to the Organization Regional and globally promote the most important activities and information of the Organizations of Users (ALSs) of the Region. Type of Training: Education/training - Capacity Building / Policy Discussion / Outreach Deliverables:
SME: David Plumb Travel Support: For any ATLAS III participant who is not funded for the LACRALO General Assembly. | ||||
| NARALO | To organize and deliver the third NORTH AMERICAN SCHOOL OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE (NASIG). This would be a two-day capacity building event to provide in-depth knowledge of Internet Governance (IG) issues to approximately 40 individuals, with many from ATLARGE. NASIG 2020 is our third consecutive year and the only School of Internet Governance in North America. Past NASIGs have proven to be successful and well attended, with 28 students in 2018 and 50 students in 2019. NASIG 2020 will consist of 10-15 sessions covering the most pressing IG topics, many of which will align with the strategic objectives and goals identified in ICANN’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025, such as the IANA functions, Universal Acceptance, cybersecurity, the multistakeholder model, ICANN’s role in Internet Governance, and much more. These sessions will be run by community leaders, including many of those actively involved in ICANN. We will seek to bring in students from all across North America and will also seek to take advantage of the high level of interest in Washington, DC. This includes policymakers, tech policy staff for civil society and industry, students from the many universities in the area. By bringing in a wide variety of stakeholders for this educational program, we are contributing to a healthy Internet governance ecosystem, by making sure that the people who have an interest in IG in North America are well-informed, which will lead to better results for the Internet. We are requesting travel, lodging and per diem support for a minimum of 6 speakers/volunteers which will augment the pool of local speakers and logistics. The NASIG is planned to be held from September 24-25, 2020. Each day will consist of several sessions, which will take the form of lectures, panels, and interactive workshops. Sessions will generally be between 60 and 90 minutes, depending on the format and subject. There will be an opportunity for Q&A at the end of each session. | ||||||
