Note: As an LFN Project the following assumptions are made:

• Your previous IT cloud hosting pass-through costs and support will be calculated in as part of your run rate. No need to list any changes there unless you anticipate an uptick in 2024 utilization due to CI/CD process changes or some such.
  
  
• Community events such as the R2 summit we just completed will be rolled into our D&TFs to minimize.  Using April’s ONE Summit as an example, his means that instead of a co-located event that you had to pay for previously, you can have a dedicated track at the D&TF for no charge to the project.  If there are additional events that the community would like to hold, those would need to be called out and subject to GB budgetary review.
  
  
• Program management wise staffing is already accounted for. Similarly, marketing wise, Sunny’s time for Nephio is already calculated into the LFN marketing budget.  It is important to understand that even though Lucy is an active LF employee, her continued involvement with Nephio is now that of a Community member rather than as a Staff member.  Although she may have the inside track on a great many things as you all know, please do not assign staff related action items to her any more as A) it is unfair to her given the other Projects she IS responsible for and B) she is not in LFN’s cost center. :-)
  
  
• Lastly I’d highly encourage the community to consider participating in the LF’s Mentorship program in 2024. LFN is the 3^rd largest funder of Mentorships in the LF and these are well worth your time and effort. The next cycle would be in the Spring, so planning for that now is strongly recommended. Learn more here