Dear all, The notes, recordings and transcripts for the CWG IANA Meeting regarding budget work and progress that took place on 9 February @ 20:00 UTC will be available here: https://community.icann.org/x/QQeAAw A copy of the notes may be found below. Kind regards, Brenda Notes Chuck Gomes chairing the call Leon Sanchez on audio only Paul Kane -- concerns with budget is couched in stability issue for PTI (outside of the 'whim' of ICANN Board or management) Can we implement to the satisfaction of Paul's suggestions while maintaining the CWG and CCWG proposals as they are? Martin Boyle outlines three situations: * #1 - ICANN bankruptcy * #2 - PTI goes rogue * #3 - Community vetoes budget --> this is the only situation where the caretaker budget would come into effect Could we build something into the Bylaws to link ICANN's responsibility for funding PTI in the case of #1? Chuck notes that an escrow would not apply in cases of #1 and #2. Most on the call agree that there should be some escrow or reserve funding allocated to PTI operation. Xavier Calvez -- ICANN handles financial stability through a reserve fund. This is an undesignated fund where costs can be allocated where needed. In the post-transition phase, the reserve fund will still be there to cover for ICANN (and PTI within that umbrella). Could a priority be put on the reserve fund for PTI funding? Greg Shatan -- suggestion for a PTI reserve fund that is separate from ICANN's fund How many years of funding would need to be accounted for? Paul suggests 3-5 years (but three would be fine) Jonathan Robinson -- cannot go back to CCWG, we cannot modify CWG proposal. All we can do is give a recommendation that this is tackled at implementation. Will need a recommendation from DT-O to CWG and endorsement from CWG to move forward. Conclusions of the call: * Decided that CWG/DT-O should work on multi-year funding in implementation effort * Agreed that , per the CWG proposal, CWG/DT-O should initiate a process for IANA budget approval in relation to ICANN budget approval (including the issue discussed on this call with regard to multi-year funding) * Suggested that this CWG/DT-O group address the question of inclusion of IANA budgeting processes into the Bylaws Lise Fuhr -- hesitance for what is included in the Bylaws, considering ongoing Bylaws work and need for 'shortening' and 'reorganization' work that needs to be done. Paul wants to have a reference in the Bylaws, but he is willing to let the form of this be addressed by the legal experts who will work on the Bylaws. Xavier notes "We need to be careful that any provision relative to this topic that the group would suggest to design will not have been submitted to public comment, and thus becomes a private working group opinion..."
