Funding IETF Secretariat

[Vinton G. Cerf <vcerf () CNRI Reston VA US>]

Dear IETFers,

I apologize for adding to your email load, but this is a matter
of vital importance to all of us who consider the IETF work to
be central to the developing global information infrastructure.
As you know, for many years, ARPA, DOE, NASA and NSF have been
key supporters of Internet-related work and, in recent times,
the work of the IETF and its secretariat at CNRI. In the last
few years, however, the IETF activity has grown dramatically
but the US Agencies quite appropriately have pointed out that
there are now many more beneficiaries of the IETF work than 
the federal government. As many of you know, the Internet Society
has undertaken to support part of the cost of the secretariat.
This year, the commitment is $300K and in future years it will
probably be more. The cost of operating the secretariat is
on the order of $1.2M per year. The present attendance fees cover
essentially the out-of-pocket costs associated with each
IETF plenary meeting, but not much more. 

The Internet Society has been working with great energy to
recruit sponsors from government, industry and academia around
the world. Your help is now vital if we are to continue this
operation at the level necessary to meet your needs.

I have attached a list of the organizational sponsors of the
Internet Society. If your organization or institution is not
one of them, please give serious thought to joining. The
organizational fees are shown below:

for profit:   Founding $20K in 1993, $10K thereafter
non-profit    Founding $10K in 1993, $ 5K thereafter

start up (first three years) $1K

Further inquiries may be made at:

Internet Society
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 22091

+1 703 648 9888
+1 703 620 0913 fax
isoc () isoc org

Many thanks for your consideration. 

Vint Cerf
President
Internet Society



7/29/93

Introducing the Charter, Founding, and Organizational Members


CHARTER MEMBERS

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES
EDUCOM
RESEAU ASSOCIEES POUR LA RECHERCHE EUROPEENNE 


FOUNDING MEMBERS

ADVANCED NETWORK & SERVICES
APPLE COMPUTER CORPORATION
AT&T
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH NETWORK
BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH
BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN
CISCO SYSTEMS
COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION
CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION FOR RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL NETWORKING
DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH NETWORK
EUROPEAN LABORATORY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS
FREEPORT-MCMORAN
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
INTEROP COMPANY
ISRAELI INTER-UNIVERSITY COMPUTATION CENTER
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
NORDUNET
NOVELL, INC.
NYSERNET, INC.
ORACLE CORPORATION
PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PROTEON, INC.
SIEMENS AG
SOFT-SWITCH, INC.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
SPRINT
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
3COM CORPORATION
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
UUNET TECHNOLOGIES
WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS INC.


ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
NYNEX SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
PIPEX
TENON INTERSYSTEMS
THE RAND CORPORATION
VEDA DATA SYSTEMS, INC.



Terms of Membership

Charter and Founding Organizations provide the Internet Society with 
vital financial support.  This substantial and early support has made the
founding of the Internet Society possible.  For-profit Founding members 
commit to a total of $20,000 during the 1992 and 1993 period and $10,000 
per year thereafter. Non-profit, Founding government and educational
institutions commit to half that amount.  Regular for-profit and non-profit
organizational members commit to $10,000 and $5,000 per year respectively. 
There is also provision for start-ups to become regular members during
their first three years at a cost of $1,000 per year.  Organizations
interested in participating in this program should contact Vinton Cerf at
the Internet 
Society secretariat.