Dear All, Mohamed El Bashir, ALAC Liaison to the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) and Vice Chair of the African Regional At-Large Organization (AFRALO), developed the first draft ALAC Statement on the Draft PTI FY18 Operating Plan and Budget<https://community.icann.org/x/9oDDAw>. The draft, as well as pertinent resources that provide background to this Statement, can be found in its wiki workspace here https://community.icann.org/x/9oDDAw. All At-Large members are welcome to comment on this draft. Please take a moment to review this draft and if you have input, please submit it in the wiki workspace using the comment function by 08 December 2016 at 23:59 UTC. You will need to log in to the wiki to use the comment function. If you don’t have a login or have other issue using the wiki, kindly contact staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>