Thank you for this question! I am always happy to see delegates involved in governance and budget discussions.
So, regarding the costs:
- the exact cost is being negotiated, but it is expected to be a small fraction of the hired security budget (~10-15%)
- you are right; the potential GRAPPA budget would be proposed via the EGG process, but for the pilot, the idea is to use the leftovers from the EGG 2024 v2.
The former might look suboptimal from the process perspective, but it looks necessary to the Audit Committee to support the ongoing Alliance/NEC activities.