ISOC Document

Title:      ISOC budget proposal for 1996
Author(s): 	Landweber, Greisen
Date:       12 November 1995
Committee:  ISOC BoT
Document:   95-063
Revision:   
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Status:     Draft
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Access:    	Unrestricted

1. Introduction

The appended draft budget for 1996 has been worked out by staff under 
direction of the president and the board is asked to consider the proposal and 
eventually to propose modifications so that we can ratify a budget at the 
coming meeting on 8-9 December. 

A comparison to the 1995 budget and to expected outcome for 1995 is given. 
While the outcome for 1995 deviates considerably from budget for certain 
items, the totals coincide quite well with expected income of 1.175 k$ versus 
1.200 in the budget and expected expenses of 1.060 k$ versus 1.183 in the 
budget. This leads to a surplus in 1995 of 116 k$ mainly because only 50 k$ 
out of an allocation of 125 k is likely to be used absed on history after the 
decision to put this item in the budget in June.

2 The 1996 budget

An increase in expenses from last year's budget's 1.183 k$ to 1.453 k$ is 
proposed. The largest post is salaries/fringe benefits which go from 330 k 
expected 1995 to 522 k in 1996. This includes the salary of the new 
President/CEO plus allocation of 50 k for relocation, as well as full year 
cost of staff employed during 1995. 

Professional services are high in 1995 at 65 k because of the headhunting 
for president/CEO and are put at 25 k in 1996.  Rent will increase from 88 to 
119 k since the office moved to a larger space in the same building during 
1995.

IETF expenses are put at 250 k in 1996 in accordance with the decision in 
Honolulu to allocate 250 k for a full year.

In order to have a balanced budget, we need to increase income from 1.175 k
expected in 1995 to 1.453 k. Putting the individual membership and conference 
income at the same level as in 1995 this requires an increase in 
organizational membership income from 740 k expected 1995 to 988 k in 
1996. This will probably require a campaign which could be tied to new 
activities of the society such as resulting from improved relations 
between IETF and ISOC and/or activities in the administrative infrastructure 
area.

The expected cash surplus by the end of 1995 is 416 k$.


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