[Gnso-sc-budget] IANA Services at $600K

[policy at bacinblack.com]

Hi All,

 

During today's call, there was an action for me regarding IANA Services line
item at $600K per fiscal year. I think I've uncovered why, but I've also
reached out to Xavier's team in case I get this wrong.

 

On the "draft-iana-op-budget-fy22-07oct20.pdf", page 8 contains a summary of
both the PTI and IANA Services draft budget where we see the "IANA Services"
line item at $600K for FY22, FY21, and at $500K actual in FY20. Note also
the footnote of "(c) IANA Services includes the Root Zone Maintainer
function, Customer Standing Committee, Root Zone Evolution Committee and
IANA Naming Function reviews. These costs are funded by ICANN Operations."

 

To better understand this distinction from PTI Service, you need to
reference the "draft-pti-op-budget-fy22-08oct20.pdf", Section 5.1 on P.6,7.
There it provides an overview of the interrelationships of the PTI, IANA,
and ICANN Budgets along with a diagram.

 

"PTI, IANA, and ICANN. The PTI Operating Plan and Budget includes three
types of resources used for the delivery of the IANA functions: direct
dedicated costs are for resources fully dedicated to delivering the IANA
functions; direct shared costs are for resources directly contributing to
delivery of the IANA functions and shared with ICANN; and support functions
are costs shared with ICANN that provide support services to PTI."



 

The question today if I recall correctly, was why is there no fluctuation to
this budget line item. It is my understanding that there is little change
because the actual expenses of RZM, IFRT, RZERC and CSC are not anticipated
to vary from one fiscal year to the next. I do not know the exact percent,
but likely the largest expense here is Personnel costs associated with
supporting these four activities and perhaps second largest is Travel &
Meetings.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Thank you.

 

B

 

Berry Cobb

GNSO Policy Consultant

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