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The Financials of the IETF Current situation and the future Harald Alvestrand IETF Chair IETF financing sources • Two sources of income: – ISOC • Pays for RFC Editor, insurance & some other expenses – in the range of USD 700-800K/year – Meeting fees • Pays for the meetings and the secretariat • The work of the IANA, the IESG, the IAB and the IETF members is not paid for through the IETF process Secretariat Numbers for 2002 This does not include ISOC money Item Secretariat labor IETF Meetings Non-meeting Indirect 2001 2002 Change 504 584 625 124 24 % 1 291 248 1 124 024 -13 % 90 596 87 722 -3 % 604 990 608 805 1% Total Expense 2 493 124 2 445 675 -2 % Total Revenue (net) 2 617 874 2 280 357 -13 % Gross surplus Performance bonus Net surplus 124 750 30 000 94 750 (165 318) (165 318) Note: These numbers are UNAUDITED! The reasons for changes • Added two people to secretariat staff • Yokohama was expensive to run – In general, non-US costs more (Japan is expensive, London was even more so) • Fewer people at the meetings – 2001: 6172 attendees – 2002: 5158 attendees The Number of Attendees 3000 2500 2000 Attendees Fee 1500 1000 500 02 -3 02 -1 01 -2 00 -3 00 -1 99 -2 98 -3 98 -1 97 -2 96 -3 96 -1 95 -2 94 -3 94 -1 0 Predicting The Future • Assume that we can get by with present staff & expenses (no more assistance needed) • Assume that we get 1600 attendees per meeting (slight increase for future years) • Assume that fees stay at USD 450, with the same number of latecomers • Assume no new income • Ignore inflation The Likely Projection Year Attnds Income Expenses Mtg Other 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 5 158 750 900 000 100 2 2 2 2 2 350 289 437 487 534 666 375 235 000 750 196 367 493 418 629 634 348 198 175 166 1 1 1 1 1 319 277 274 254 260 350 389 845 712 427 Net (165 (355 (330 (185 (354 318) 362) 808) 887) 843) Reserve 763 000 407 638 76 830 (109 057) (463 900) This is not looking good. Based on more detailed secretariat budgets. Labor and indirect costs have been distributed appropriately between ”Mtg” and ”Other”. Doing Something About It (1) • Reduce expenses – Cut the cookies • and pay for the meeting rooms. No cigar. – – – – Meet in less expensive places Shift more work from ”professional” to ”voluntary” Do work more efficiently Cut the terminals (already done) • Note: Sometimes lowering central meeting costs increases attendee costs, or vice versa. Doing Something About It (2) • Increase income – Raise the meeting fees – Make more people pay fees • Not necessarily at the IETF meetings – Ask ISOC for more money – Get more sponsors for the meetings • ”this cookie is brought to you by Acme Corp.” – Do other activites that people are willing to pay for – Make the IETF an industry consortium How should we decide? • The IETF community needs to decide what’s important to it • The IETF Chair needs to instruct the secretariat on what to do • We need to act deliberately. But soon.