Where Did Your '98 Membership Dues Go?

by Gale Berkowitz
USENIX Deputy Executive Director
<gale@usenix.org>

Here are a few charts that might help those of you who are curious about how your USENIX and SAGE dues are spent. The first shows the total dues income ($592,000 in 1998) divided by type of membership. The second chart then presents how those dues are spent. Note that income from our conferences covers all costs of the conference office personnel, exhibition, and marketing. The third chart shows how the executive office spends its money. The "other" category covers such items as taxes, licenses, bank charges, and miscellaneous expenses. The fourth chart indicates where most of the money allocated to good works and standards activities is spent ($812,000 in 1998). (See the USENIX Web site at <http://www.usenix.org/about/goodworks.html> for a description of our Good Works program.) These funds come from the income generated by the USENIX conferences and interest income from the Association's reserve fund.

Two charts deal with SAGE income ($212,000 in 1998) and direct expenses. Allocated expenses (staff and overhead) are not reflected in the direct expenses chart.

The 1998 Financial Statements for the USENIX Association follows these charts. These represent the Association's revenue and expenses for the year.

Membership Income Sources

Where Did Your '98 Membership Dues Go?

Executive Office Expenses

Good Works and Standards Spending

SAGE Income Sources

SAGE Direct Expenses

1998 Financial Statements