903048B 7yrbuspln - U.P. Forest Department

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The ISIS 7-year business plan In order for the organization to strengthen its services and operations through increased professional services, ISIS found it critical to increase its resources, which are generated primarily through member dues. These resources help pay for technical support and basic operating costs. Increased resources are also necessary to give ISIS the capacity to support the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) once the system is built. To assess members in a reasonable and fair way, ISIS assembled budget information from as many members as possible (457 members; about 75 percent of ISIS membership). ISIS member budget distribution: log scale $US $1,000,000,000 $100,000,000 $10,000,000 $1,000,000 $100,000 $10,000 1 25 49 73 97 121 145 169 193 217 241 265 289 313 337 361 385 409 433 457 We found that: – Member budgets vary enormously; the range is 10,000 fold! – The sum of all members’ budgets is approximately US $2.4 billion – Approximately 20 percent of ISIS member institutions have budgets over US $10 million – Approximately 40 percent of ISIS member institutions have US $1-10 million budgets – Approximately 40 percent of ISIS member institutions have budgets smaller than US $1 million – Approximately 100 of the smallest organizations have budgets below US $250,000 (These members pay ISIS more than 0.1 percent of their general operating budgets, the highest relative rates paid by any member) – 0.1 percent of ISIS members’ budgets would be US $2.4 million – ISIS membership amounts to less than one-tenth of one percent of many institution’s budgets Based on these findings, the ISIS Board approved a restructured member fee schedule. The new member fee schedule, which was instituted for 2004, is printed in Appendix E. Restructuring ISIS: Membership dues
Restructuring ISIS: Membership dues Access to up-to-date, comprehensive data from as many of the world’s zoos, aquariums and related organizations as possible is to the advantage of all ISIS members – large and small. Therefore, we must assure that 1) costs are shared equitably among our members and 2) that membership is accessible to institutions in both the developed and developing worlds. To assure access, the ISIS Board has set the minimum annual fee at the estimated marginal cost to ISIS of serving one additional institution. Starting in 2004, ISIS generated approximately US $1.4 million annually from membership. This is almost 50 percent more than member revenues in 2003. While this revenue increase was essential, this business plan projects that member dues should increase only for inflation in the next seven years. Based on continued membership growth and external fund-raising, member dues should increase only as depicted below. $US thousands 3000 2800 2600 2400 2200 2000 1800 1600 . . . 1,900 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 year ISIS membership fee ISIS membership fee growth Inflation adjustment @5% per year 1,995 2,095 US $1,900 ISIS membership fee in 2004, projected to increase to only US $2,546 in 2010 – estimating future inflation rates The net increase in member dues for 2004 has expanded the organization’s capacity to provide professional services and technical support to meet member demands for a more forward-looking organization. The organization’s upgraded technical support infrastructure improves support for current services and prepares ISIS to support the new ZIMS. 2,200 2,310 2,425 2,546 10-11
Page 1 and 2: december 2004 The ISIS 7-year busin
Page 3 and 4: Table of contents ISIS Vision/Missi
Page 5 and 6: History of ISIS ISIS began in 1973
Page 7 and 8: Expanding membership globally Throu
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Page 13 and 14: Building ZIMS: The next generation
Page 15 and 16: Building ZIMS: Projected financial
Page 17 and 18: Building ZIMS: Identified risks and
Page 19 and 20: Appendix A - ISIS Board members Ins
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