April 2006

1 Executive Director

2 Associate Director

3 Membership

4 Publications

5 Sales and Events
6 Development

7 Financial Report

8 Action Plan

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8. Action Plan Update

Increase member revenue to $385,000

PI = $385,000 by December 31.
21% - $80,123 to date. We are launching a variety of promotional strategies to get membership income more on track with our objectives.

Increase Legacy Trust Fund by $200,000

PI = $200,000 by Dec. 31.
4% - $8,285 to date. The Pioneers Plaque for donors to that program will be completed by June 9, 2006.

Increase program income to $316,000

PI = $316,000 by December 31.
26% - $68,120 year to date.
Strong demand for certification training has us performing better than expected in this area.

Increase ads income to $150,000

PI = $150,000 by December 31.
14% - $21,106 at year end.
This is a very good start for the year. Deb recently attended the APPL and had great success in landing new commerical members and ad buyers.

Publish two new titles as InterPress

PI = two new books in print by October 31.
30% - The History of Interpretation is written and going through editing and proofing. We will publish this book early in 2006 and have an Interpretive Writing book under contract with Alan Leftridge for this year.

Produce two copies of Journal

PI = 2 journals in mail by Dec. 31
0% - The second journal for 2005 was mailed in first quarter. We have not received articles for the first issue of the 2006 Journal but our editor has said we should be able to get back on schedule by fall.

Select NIW 2010 site in Region 8

PI = site selection made at spring Board meeting.
90% - Las Vegas is being presented to the Board as the choice.

Generate $200,000 in pledges, gifts, and grants.

PI = $200,000 by Dec. 31

46% to date - We have billed $24,430 on the EE grant from EPA/FWS and have about 8,000 more to bill by end of May. This is performing as expected. We have billed $61,000 more on the Definitions Project and await payment. Income from LTF is 8,285.