It currently appears that INET will achieve a breakeven or better. Stockholm appears to have the strongest bid, in great measure because of financial guarantees and a plan for revenue sharing. An inordinate amount of money is raised each year for a conference that is very good but may not have sufficient long term impact to be worth the investment of ISOC resources. The way in which we manage INET has improved, due to outsourcing more financial and operational responsibility to local organizers, and the amount of work required by the staff is much less than in past years. This has freed up some staff resources to do other needed work, which has helped ISOC cope with day to day operations in spite of personnel losses.
Most conferences make profits because of the selling of exhibition space.
There will be five English language tracks and one French track. There are some typical visa problems, but they are manageable. Mexico City - We expect to have 200 students in 8 tracks. Financials We should achieve a small surplus this year, but it is dependent upon when new org members come on the books. Don will present plans at the Board meeting for doing more to raise funds.