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From: "ext Kurt Erik Lindqvist" <kurtis(_at_)kurtis(_dot_)pp(_dot_)se>
Date: September 4, 2007 17:13:49 GMT+03:00
To: ietf-announce(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Cc: IAOC Jabberr <iaoc(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>, ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org, "IESG \(\(E-mail\)
\)" <iesg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Subject: Vancouver meeting fees
The community was told at the IETF 69 Wednesday Evening Plenary
Session to expect a meeting fee increase for IETF 70 in
Vancouver. The purpose of this message it to advise you of the
amount of the increase and provide the reasons for the increase.
We are into September, which means two-thirds of 2007 is now behind
us. We know what our IETF expenses have been year-to-date, and we
can project our expenses for the rest of 2007. We also know that
our meeting revenue for the first two meetings have been below
expectation as a result of attendance averaging one hundred fewer
attendees per meeting than anticipated. With this information, we
can see that the operations will incur a shortfall of more than
$200K if we do not take actions for the Vancouver meeting.
Accordingly, the IAOC will increase the IETF meeting fee for the
Vancouver meeting by $100. By taking this action, our deficit for
all of 2007 should be reduced by almost half.
To address the remaining deficit, we will continue to work with
the Internet Society staff in their efforts to attract additional
host and sponsorship support for the Vancouver meeting and to
reduce expenses wherever possible without impacting the meeting
and experience of the attendees. To date, we have received
generous contributions from Microsoft and Telus, which are
appreciated, but are not enough to make Vancouver a fully hosted
meeting.
With respect to what happens in 2008, please note that the IAOC
has not made any decisions yet about meeting fees for next year,
but we will be actively evaluating the cost of delivering
essential services, looking at new approaches to raise additional
revenue, and taking another look at future meeting locations with
the goal of increasing meeting attendance.
More financial information is available at: http://iaoc.ietf.org/
budget.html. In particular see Budget Overview and Year End Forecast.
As a final point of information, please be advised that
registration for the Vancouver meeting will begin this week.
Kurtis Lindqvist
IAOC Chair
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