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2010 Business Plan and Budget

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Key Themes• Be the preferred platform for members to

– exchange/share knowledge and skills to achieve best industry practice

– Jointly develop positions and policies which benedit multiple members

• Address the key strategic items– Improving engagement and driving membership growth

– Support for smaller ccTLDs

– Knowledge base on technical, policy and business issues

– The need to discuss membership eligibility

– To be more involved in ccNSO and ICANN

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Meetings and Trainings• 3 meetings in 2010

– Kuala Lumpur (March)– Sri Lanka (June)– Jordan (October)

• Trainings and Workshops – continue to promote trainings run by allied organisations such as RIPE NCC, APNIC, ICANN, ISOC and AIT – Registry Operations (ICANN ccTLD Capacity Building

Initiative)– DNSSEC– IPv6

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Research & Surveys• APTLD will conduct one global

membership survey together with other regional TLD organisations and two surveys of its own. – The global survey will focus on the

characteristics of the APTLD Ordinary membership. This will be an extensive and comprehensive survey.

– One survey will focus on IDN ccTLD launch. – One survey will focus on security issues – e.g.

development of DNSSEC

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Publications• APTLD is collaborating with DotAsia on

publishing a journal called ZoneFiles

• The publication will be supported by sponsorship and produced in both hard and soft copy

• Contributory articles to be sought from members by APTLD and DotAsia

• Production of an issue will be dependent on whether sufficient sponsorship is available

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Website Revamp • The APTLD website will be revamped to include

a members-only section• Survey results and information related to the

operations and business of ccTLD will be accessible by members only

• The objective is to build a comprehensive knowledge base that covers technical, policy and business issues of ccTLDs in this region in a long run

• Suggestions by members most welcome

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Engagement with others• APNIC

• APRICOT

• IGF

• ICANN

APTLD will continue to participate in the new ICANN Affirmation of Commitment review process and upcoming requests for comments from ICANN, and develop and voice out positions in accordance with members’ needs and stake.

• IETF • CENTR • AfTLD • LACTLD

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Membership Growth• APTLD will continue to actively engage

with existing members to ensure that their needs are being served

• Non member ccTLDs and other domain name industry players in the region will continue to be pursued, both directly and through other organisations

• APTLD Sponsorship Program to be promoted more

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Disaster Support Fund• APTLD will allocate US$5,000 each year for the Disaster

Support Fund. Un-spent budget by each year-end will also be allocated to this Fund

• The Fund will be used to support member organisations upon natural disasters

• Donation in cash or in kind could be made to members in need

• From past experience, members in disaster would also need technical support for rebuilding registry infrastructure. If any technical staff from member organisations volunteers to help in the rebuilding works, APTLD could use the Fund to sponsor the necessary flight fare and accommodation

• APTLD could also take lead in coordinating donations from members and other organisations upon disasters

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Financial - Revenue

• The proposal also expects increases in membership contributions from some members, particularly from the smaller members, large members who have chosen low fee bands and some of the larger Associate members

• The budget also assumes that no one will reduce their contribution nor cancel their membership.

Ordinary Members $175,900

Associate Members $20,650

Subtotal $196,550

Meeting – Malaysia $5,500

Meeting – Sri Lanka $5,500

Meeting – Jordan $5,500

Publication $15,000

Total Revenue $228,050

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Financial - ExpensesMeetings will cover the costs of running the meetings – catering, venue, logistics and associated costs.

$15,000

Publication will cover the cost of production of a quarterly magazine style publication.

$15,000

Research will cover publication costs, survey instrument tools (surveymonkey.com) and a portion of a shared research project involving some of the other Regional Organisations.

$5,000

Sponsorship will cover some travel costs for new members. More resource is allocated this year to engage more members and prospective members.

$8,000

Engagement with International Bodies covers miscellaneous costs that may be incurred in this area.

$5,000

Administration & Board Support covers tele-conference calls, legal fees, audit fees, bank charges, web site, and other costs associated with supporting the Board. The cost for the website revamp project is also reflected here.

$16,000

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Financial – Expenses (cont’d)

Secretariat $12,000

General Manager $60,000

GM Admin – Same as last year $6,000

GM Recruitment $12,600

Travel – This covers the travel costs to three APTLD meetings by the GM and Secretariat; also by the GM/representative to three ICANN meetings, an APNIC meeting, an IGF meeting, a LACTLD meeting, a trip to the Pacific, a trip to the Middle East, a trip to East Asia, and a trip to South Asia.

$60,000

Disaster Fund $5,000

Contingency $5,000

Total $224,600

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Financial SustainabilityEnd of 2009 Bank Balance $ 237,754

Forecast 2010 Surplus $3,450

Forecast End of 2010 Bank Balance

$241,204

75% of 2010 Expenses ($224,600)

$168,450

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For More Information…

• www.aptld.org

• sec@aptld.org