On behalf of Design Team O, please find attached the proposed recommendations for inclusion in the transition plan following the recommended format (short form / long form). As you may recall, the purpose statement of DT O is:
The
costs of providing the IANA services by ICANN under its agreement with the NTIA are not sufficiently separated from other ICANN expenses in the ICANN operating plans and budgets to determine reasonable estimates of projected costs after the IANA stewardship
is transferred away from NTIA. The need for clearer itemization and identification of IANA operations costs is consistent with current expectations of the interested and affected parties of the IANA functions, and the broader community as expressed in ATRT1
and ATRT2, to separate policy development and IANA operations. Increased detail is provided in the FY16 Draft ICANN Operating Plan & Budget but it is still not deemed sufficient for estimating the total costs of delivering the IANA services. As part of the
development and submission of a complete proposal for the transition of the stewardship of the IANA naming services, the CWG is expected to indicate the information and level of detail it expects to receive from ICANN in relation to the IANA budget in the
future.
In addition to the recommendations included in the template, DT O also recommends that:
- After
the work of DT-O is complete, the outcome(s) of this effort may be found useful to contribute to submissions for the
Public Comment period on the Draft ICANN FY16 Operating
Plan & Budget. The DT-O outcome(s) should also be submitted as a contribution to the CCWG-Accountability considering their work on the Budget and their specific request to
the CWG-Stewardship for information on this topic.
For your information, DT O worked closely with ICANN Finance on this topic which provided very useful information
with regards to the current IANA operational spending. The DT has requested that the ICANN Finance Team provide a report to the CWG as
soon as possible containing the most current forecast of all IANA operating costs for FY 15, itemized to the project level and below as necessary. The Finance team will aim to provide this information by Monday end of day Pacific time (in time for discussion during the second half of the high intensity meetings). An initial version of the information was provided to DT-O, and it being reviewed for further clarification based on discussions in DT-O meetings.
Best regards,