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DRAFT PTI and IANA FY23 Operating Plan and Budgets:
Draft Comment: ALAC appreciates the opportunity to comment on the DRAFT PTI and IANA FY23 Operating Plan and Budgets. The budget, and specially the operating plans look good, both as an improvement of PTI and IANA functions. We also like to thank the opportunity to be involved in the planning process of PTI.
Although there is a 27% increase in the budget from the last real results (FY21), in At-Large we are glad to see that ICANN org is dedicating more resources to its core function.
We are surprised that there is a decrease in the budgeted amount for Travel & Meetings, since FY23 seems to be the first year with little restrictions to travel due to the pandemy.
It is not clear if PTI needs or not a new headcount (or FTE). It is understable to plan carefully, but if needed, this is the time to budget it. If it is not in this budget, at the time they will require it (9-21 months from now) they will not have the money, because it was not budgeted.