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.
FY22 ALAC/ALT Plus Criteria for Additional Budget Requests:
- 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 the At-Large 2021 Workplan 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 FY21 ABR approval language. Final reports must be submitted by the end of FY21.
- 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 and Policy Staff
- FY22 Community Additional Budget Requests Process description and timeline FY22 Community Additional Budget Request Process
- Presentation by Policy Staff on the Additional Budget Request Process - 10 December 2020
- Principles that govern ICANN’s request assessment work Principles of SO-AC Additional Budget Requests
- FY22 template request form FY22 Community Requests Template
FY22 Additional Budget Request Timeline
The timeline and deliverables for the process are as follows:
Timeline | Start | End | Status |
Kick off and Submission period | 09 Nov 2020 | 29 Jan 2021 | In Progress |
| FBSC representatives and/or staff to send notice of opening of FY21 Additional Budget Request (ABR) process to RALOs | 18 Nov 2020 | 25 Nov 2020 | |
| RALOs to review any ALS request or complete a template on behalf of the RALO and send requests to | 25 Nov 2020 | 13 Jan 2021 (extended date) | |
| Discussion of Proposals with Finance and Policy Staff and FBSC | 11 Jan 2021 | 13 - 14 Jan 2021 (extended dates) | |
| Revised proposals to be sent to the FBSC for final review. | 13 Jan 2021 | 18 Jan 2021 | |
| The ALAC to review the proposed At-Large FY22 ABRs during their monthly call | 19 Jan 2021 | 22 Jan 2021 | |
| The FBSC to review all the RALO requests. | 25 Jan 2021 | 28 Jan 2021 | |
Submissions Due – send to planning@icann.org (IMPORTANT: At-Large staff will send all At-Large requests to Planning@icann.org) | 29 Jan 2021 | 29 Jan 2021 | |
Preliminary review of requests by ICANN.org | 01 Feb 2021 | 05 Mar 2021 | |
SO/AC consultations at ICANN 70 (by request, during Constituents’ Day) | 20 Mar 2021 | 25 Mar 2021 | |
Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN.org | 12 Apr 2021 | 16 Apr 2021 | |
ICANN Board Finance Committee Review and recommendation for approval to the Board | 30 Apr 2021 | 30 Apr 2021 | |
ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting | 5 May 2021 | 14 May 2021 |
ALAC:
Request | Person or Group Submitting | Title of Proposal | Request Number | Description | Comments by ICANN Staff Regarding Possible Collaboration | FBSC Notes and Decision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real-Time Transcription | Judith Hellerstein | Real-time Captioning RTT of Zoom Meetings in Spanish and French | Recurring activity. Seeking 8 hours of RTT services in Spanish and 8 hours in French each month. The Spanish RTT will be off the Spanish language interpretation that is already provided and the French Translation will be off the French language interpretation in the calls. Currently, RTT in English has made it to the core budget, but if for some reason it drops out of the core budget of ICANN than we would like this ABR to cover that RTT in English as well. | ||||
RALOs:
RALO Requesting | Request | Person or Group Submitting | Title of Proposal | Request Number | Description | Comments by ICANN Staff Regarding Possible Collaboration | FBSC Notes and Decision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RALO Requesting | Person or Group Submitting | Title of Proposal | Request Number | Description | Comments by ICANN Staff Regarding Possible Collaboration | FBSC Notes and Decision | Status | |
| AFRALO | ||||||||
| APRALO | ||||||||
| EURALO | ||||||||
| LACRALO | ||||||||
| NARALO | VSIG Translation | Prof. Alfredo Calderon and Glenn McKnight | Virtual School of Internet Governance | Delivery of extensive online training on Internet Governance in English, French and Spanish |
