Executive Director's Report Summary
Winter Policy Council Meeting February 2001
by Roberta L. Spencer
Conferences
2000 Norway: Largest outside of North America to date (359 registrants); Net Income approximately: $11,000
2001 Atlanta: Planning well underway, 250+ abstracts and papers received to date, registration brochure mailed and sent electronically
2002 Italy: Transfer of conference information files to Habib Sedehi. Pre-conference planning meeting scheduled for September 2001
Website
Hits for 2000 average 2073 per month (1999 - 1173, 1998 - 812)
Jack Pugh, Webmaster is updating and improving the site
Membership services and recruitment
Over 2676 records in contacts database
Memberships processed directly through Society office is increasing
2000 membership – 814 in 55 countries
Sales
Beer Game boards (per item) sales up 33% over last year
Proceedings and back issues sales down 32%
Bibliography updated through Review Vol. 16 - 3, Fall 2000 and Norway Proceedings (over 6200 entries)
Society Sponsorship
Income for 2001 to date $7,262
5 new sponsors
20 have sent in gift or made verbal commitment
Income for 2000 - $17,909 (1999 - $12,738: 1998: $11,000; 1997: $4,000)
Allocation of Effort
Using five cost centers for tracking time
(Core, Sales, Conference, Web, Publications)
Roberta Spencer moved to 100% in 2001
Finances
Please refer to VP - Finance Report
December 2000 (Unaudited) Net Income: $2,853