Executive Director's Report February 2003 =========================== February 14, 2003 By John Selwyn (execdir@freenet.carleton.ca) Membership has grown slightly to 6,730 although this is still down compared to last years 6,800. Donations for the month of January were a total of $19,352, down slightly from last years $20,110 and below the budget of $20,948. I believe that this variation is within the normal fluctuations we should expect and does not yet indicate a cause for concern - especially as the December donations were quite strong. Expenses for the core member services were $12,912 were approximately $1,400 higher than budget mainly due to a higher ratio of my time spent on core NCF tasks such as the 10th anniversary. There was an unexpected change in leadership in Carleton Computing Services with the removal of Wendy Stark as CIO. The new CIO is Ralph Michaelis and hopes are that he will continue the tradition of strong support of the NCF. The Carleton and Mitel modem pools continue to perform well and require very little maintenance. Members will now be aware of the first changes to the NCF web site. The database is now running and all new members now pass through a much improved, online registration process. Although they do not know it, they are working with the database at that point. One immediate benefit of the streamlined registration process has been a step function improvement in the number of confirmed registrations per week. Prior to Feb 6th, our registration process resulted in many individuals starting but never validating. Having incorporated the database at the heart of FreeNet operations we are expecting to role out a series of improvements to the web site, web mail and idesk in a regular fashion. Although we have slipped slightly from our aggressive timetables for the two major funded projects, I felt that it was better to slip slightly and have a better quality result. People will remember NCF when we step outside the norm - either when we are surprisingly good or bad. The NCF’s 10th anniversary was, much to my relief, a success. It was a great honour to have a number of the founders present. Dave Sutherland, Jay Weston, and George Frajkor say a few words about their involvement and hopes for FreeNet. We were also fortunate to have Mac Harb, Alex Munter and Alex Cullen on hand as well as representatives from many of our sponsors. Volunteers manned the tables and contributed to the success of the evening. To cap it all off, the NCF received very favorable coverage by CJOH and The NewRO. The essence of the message was that We were proud of what we had accomplished and wanted to welcome the community to a get together to share some of those milestones. Since February 1993, the National Capital Freenet has introduced over 75,000 residents to the Internet. Today it hosts hundreds of community organizations, and acts as one of the region’s ‘online public commons’, helping to facilitate vibrant community interactions. NCF continues to be the Internet home to thousands of local residents. On a whole it has been a good month at the NCF. We continue to make progress towards our goals of: providing reliable low-cost dialup access to basic Internet services; extending the range of NCF’s services to members and the community; and organizing help for people new to using the Internet. John Status Report for the month of January 2003 ============================== Key indicators - Year to date progress January Actual Budget % of Budget Number of Members 6,730 6,767 99% Donation Revenue $19,352 $20,948 92% Registration Donations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No. No. % New Budget Regist Budget Memb $ Budget Memb. (No.) Var Donate (No.) Don Amount ($) Var ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Jan03 208 164 127% (41m)111 - - 3,168 $1,843 172% Status Report for the month of January 2003 ============================== Key indicators - Year to date progress January Actual Budget % of Budget Number of Members 6,730 6,767 99% Donation Revenue $19,352 $20,948 92% Registration Donations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No. No. % New Budget Regist Budget Memb $ Budget Memb. (No.) Var Donate (No.) Don Amount ($) Var ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Jan02 134 177 -24% (16m) 69 79 59% 1,769 $ 2,370 -25 Feb02 109 169 -36% (11m) 83 75 76% 2,124 $ 2,250 -6% Mar02 134 158 -15% (15m) 67 70 50% 1,672 $ 2,100 -20% Apr02 146 119 23% (17m) 78 53 53% 1,913 $ 1,590 +20% May02 122 135 -10% (16m) 71 60 58% 1,810 $ 1,800 +1% Jun02 116 116 0% (15m) 73 52 63% 1,664 $ 1,560 +7% Jul02 148 106 40% (20m) 68 47 45% 1,852 $ 1,410 +31% Aug02 148 136 9% (19m) 71 61 16% 2,239 $ 1,830 +22% Sep02 146 141 4% (17m) 63 63 0% 1,525 $ 1,890 -19% Oct02 168 136 24% (21m) 76 61 25% 1,733 $ 1,830 -5% Nov02 134 130 3% (25m) 79 58 136% 2,316 $ 1,740 +136% Dec02 99 97 2% (17m) 56 43 130% 1,171 $ 1,290 -9% YTD02 1604 1620 -1% 854 722 +18% 21,788 $21,660 +1% Jan01 186 98 - 83 - 2,252 $ 1,800 - Feb01 141 98 - 88 - 1,996 $ 1,800 - Mar01 159 98 - 82 - 2,172 $ 1,800 - Apr01 120 98 - (19m) 45 - 784 $ 1,800 - May01 154 98 - (19m) 66 - 1,568 $ 1,800 - Jun01 106 98 - (16m) 83 - 1,829 $ 1,800 - Jul01 94 98 - (16m) 74 - 1,362 $ 1,800 - Aug01 131 98 - (24m) 87 - 1,756 $ 1,800 - Sep01 150 98 - (16m) 89 - 2,007 $ 1,800 - Oct01 152 98 - (15m) 72 - 1,788 $ 1,800 - Nov01 150 98 - (19m) 86 - 2,087 $ 1,800 - Dec01 81 98 - (17m) 51 - 1,060 $ 1,800 - Renewal Donations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No. % No. Budget Renwl Budget Renw $ Budget Renwl (No.) Var Monthly Donate (No.) Don Amount ($) Var ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jan03 661 553 +120% (130m) 413 - - 16,184 $ 19,105 -15% No. % No. Budget Renwl Budget Renw $ Budget Renwl (No.) Var Monthly Donate (No.) Don Amount ($) Var ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jan02 579 446 +30% (120m) 442 259 76% 18,341 $ 12,531 +46% Feb02 562 544 + 3% (123m) 410 315 73% 15,508 $ 15,304 + 1% Mar02 548 511 + 7% (122m) 379 296 69% 14,442 $ 14,371 + 1% Apr02 526 551 - 5% (122m) 413 318 79% 15,956 $ 15,441 + 3% May02 377 524 -28% (128m) 358 302 95% 13,157 $ 14,651 -10% Jun02 215 517 -58% (123m) 253 300 118% 7,181 $ 14,569 -51% Jul02 251 309 -19% (129m) 231 179 29% 5,986 $ 8,816 -32% Aug02 239 263 - 9% (130m) 215 152 41% 5,252 $ 7,566 -31% Sep02 234 280 -16% (135m) 252 162 56% 6,597 $ 8,113 -19% Oct02 266 257 + 4% (136m) 266 149 79% 6,692 $ 7,443 -10% Nov02 338 205 +65% (136m) 291 119 145% 9,116 $ 5,909 +54% Dec02 302 239 +26% (131m) 339 138 146% 12,402 $ 6,805 +82% YTD02 6041 6266 +4% 4703 3414 138% 152,420 $153,179 -.5% Jan01 674 395 - 460 - 18,874 $ 17,266 Feb01 451 468 - 364 - 13,597 $ 20,465 Mar01 405 443 - 441 - 17,015 $ 19,399 Apr01 521 473 - (83m) 338 - 13,533 $ 20,674 May01 558 426 - (89m) 395 - 14,525 $ 18,620 Jun01 393 295 - (94m) 349 - 12,366 $ 12,911 Jul01 274 155 - (91m) 215 - 6,474 $ 6,779 Aug01 298 113 - (80m) 183 - 6,709 $ 4,924 Sep01 226 122 - (111m) 213 - 5,208 $ 5,323 Oct01 217 133 - (112m) 195 - 4,598 $ 5,813 Nov01 301 117 - (113m) 258 - 7,760 $ 5,119 Dec01 313 210 - (113m) 266 - 9,167 $ 9,201 Membership Activity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Member | Current |To line| Actual |Ratio | Number Forecast Number Forecast Number Number # of % inc. | | Of New No. of Members No. of MembersMembers Members -dec. |Lns :1 |Members New Memb Renewed Renewed Un-arch Archvd ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ |~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jan03 6,730 - -37:1- 208 164 661 553 52 147 YTD02 6,618 -3% 1604 1620 6041 4646 396 2195 Jan02 6,799 - - - 134 177 579 446 14 137 Feb02 6,790 - - - 109 169 562 544 33 150 Mar02 6,837 - - - 134 158 548 511 30 117 Apr02 6,883 - - - 146 119 526 551 28 130 May02 6,823 - - - 122 135 377 524 21 198 Jun02 6,748 - - - 116 116 215 517 6 202 Jul02 6,701 - - - 148 106 251 309 57 250 Aug02 6,616 - - - 148 136 239 263 35 282 Sep02 6,613 - - - 146 141 234 280 57 206 Oct02 6,606 - - - 168 136 266 257 51 230 Nov02 6,616 - - - 134 130 338 291 39 166 Jan01 7,565 - - - 186 98 674 395 0 211 Feb01 7,495 - - - 120 98 521 473 3 255 May01 7,184 - - - 154 98 558 426 31 250 Jun01 7,235 - - - 106 98 393 295 25 88 Jul01 7,078 - - - 94 98 274 155 14 268 Aug01 6,939 - - - 131 98 298 113 45 333 Sep01 6,786 - - - 150 98 226 122 55 372 Oct01 6,771 - - - 152 98 217 133 28 209 Nov01 6,782 - - - 150 98 301 117 28 176 Dec01 6,774 - - - 81 98 313 210 17 114 Note: Member to Line Ratio only includes full time lines (12 at Mitel, 170 at Carleton)