This Workspace has been created to assist the ALAC/At-Large community in developing FY20 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 Criteria for Additional Budget Requests:
- Proposals should include ways in which will make the entire At-Large community more effective and develop the At-Large community rather than a single section of the At-Large community.
- 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.
- 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 | |
| FBSC representatives and/or staff to send notice of opening of FY21 Additional Budget Request (ABR) process to RALOs | |||
| RALOs to review any ALS request or complete a template on behalf of the RALO and send requests to | |||
| Discussion of Proposals with Finance Staff and FBSC | |||
| Revised proposals to be sent to the FBSC for final review. | 14/01/2019 | 18/01/2019 | |
| The ALAC to review the proposed At-Large FY21 ABRs during their monthly call | 22/01/2019 | 22/01/2019 | |
| The FBSC to review all the RALO requests. | 23/01/2019 | 23/01/2019 | |
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 |
