Hi Raj, I havent heard on this myself except that I am a part of the Budget-WG. In this regard I request all members to send their views on items they intend us to consider in formulating the next Budget. Raj, please let me know who will be financing the budget or do we have to undertake a study on sources of funding as well? I understand that so far ICANN was funding the activities. Please also let us know the time line for the preparation of Budget. Nick, can you forward me the last budget and guidelines, if any, with respect to the same prepared by ICANN or APRALO so far. We understand that the Budget is for the FY 2008-2009. John, please feel free to contact me on the above email to work on this further. Regards, Nirmol "Rajnesh D. Singh" <rajnesh@pacificit.org> wrote: Hi John/Nirmol, Cheryl advised at the last teleconference that the ALAC budget process is underway (or will be very soon). We need to get the APRALO submission finalised. Please let us know status of your WG's work thus far, and what we need to do to get this finalised. Just to revisit, APRALO will meet at: (i) ICANN February 2008 meeting (likely to be in Delhi) (ii) IGF 2008 (Delhi in November) Additionally, we need to consider presence at: (i) APNG camp (ii) APTLD meeting (iii) APNIC meeting We also need to look at support for: (i) APNG Camp 2008 If anyone has suggestions for further meeting/event support, please advise. -- Kind regards, Rajnesh D. Singh COO, PATARA www.patarapacific.com Chair, ICANN Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation www.apralo.org Chairman, Pacific Islands Chapter, Internet Society www.picisoc.org President, IPv6 Forum Pacific Islands www.ipv6forumpacific.org Director, Pacific Internet Technology Centre www.pacificit.org 310 Princes Road Tamavua Suva Fiji Tel: +679 332 0606 Fax: +679 332 0800 Read my ramblings at http://singh-a-blog.blogspot.com/