Subject: FWD: IFCSS Future vs. Annual Budge

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1993 22:12:34 -0500 (CDT)

From:	IN%"[email-masked]"  "Toni Ni" 14-AUG-1993 19:47:20.07
To:	IN%"[email-masked]", IN%"[email-masked]"
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Subj:	IFCSS Future vs. Annual Budge

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1993 20:47:14 -0400
From: Toni Ni <[email-masked]>
Subject: IFCSS Future vs. Annual Budge
To: [email-masked], [email-masked]

Hi, Ladies and Gentlemen:

Since the 2nd term of IFCSS, every new HQ would lobby IFCSS council to give 
HQ budget a green light before the council meeting. I think that IFCSS
HQ leaders have called the council leaders or members for the budget.

Here, I want to raise a question. Does current IFCSS HQ really need
so many people and so much manpower?  Look at all successful professional 
associations in the United States, even our Chinese associations, such as 
"Mei Hua Xie Hui" and "Zhong Mei Xie Hui" in Washington DC, they 
do not have so many people in their HQ.  Most of organizations just
hire one or two CEO or managers to administer daily work for the organization.  President or VPs do most of volunteer work or only get a part-time pay.

Currently, an full-time IFCSS staff salary was proposed to be
$24,000 per year, that is much higher than the salary of TA or RA in the 
United States. I remember that first term staff salary was about $1200/month 
and the first term IFCSS president only got a pay of $800/month. It's said 
that last term of HQ staff salary is $1800/month.  However today's IFCSS HQ 
is not like the 1st and 2nd term HQ that needed lot of manpower in the 
beginning of IFCSS. IFCSS should promote volunteerism.

It's said that if the last term HQ had had no big income ($220,000 to 240,000) 
from CSS protection information center, IFCSS would not have money to hold 
the 5th IFCSS conference. Assuming the 4th IFCSS HQ got $220,000.00, you will 
find a big difference between $220,000 and $69,500 that is remaining
Funds from Fiscal Year of 1992-1993 without the consideration of about $120,000 
IFCSS health Insurance Plan income in last term. Big spending!

I feel that the current IFCSS HQ staff structure is somehow wrong.
This kind of structure will lead IFCSS to its demise from the financial 
point of view soon, or eventually turn IFCSS to be a political organization 
for surviving. Look at IFCSS HQ history, most IFCSS HQ leaders do have no a 
long sight view of the IFCSS future for financial plan. They get money in 
their term and they spend it because they know that most likely they will not 
be in HQ in the next term. IFCSS never have no a long term budget, such as 
five year budget plan.

This is sad for the IFCSS. If individual has this money, do you
think that one of us will try to spend every penny within one year?

What's one of Bill Clinton's campaign slogans?  CHANGE!  American
needs CHANGE! For us, IFCSS needs CHANGE! At least IFCSS needs to reduce HQ
staffs to minimum size, cut unnecessary spending in IFCSS, and save every 
penny for the IFCSS long term cause. 

Above comments about IFCSS budget are not against any individual of old or new
IFCSS HQ. I try to initiate this issue for your attention for the IFCSS future.

Thank you for your attention.

Toni Ni
Univ. of Maryland

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1993 18:05:41 -0500 (CDT)

From:	IN%"[email-masked]"  "Toni Ni" 14-AUG-1993 19:39:16.76
To:	IN%"[email-masked]", IN%"[email-masked]"
CC:	
Subj:	IFCSS Future vs. Annual Budge

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1993 20:37:21 -0400
From: Toni Ni <[email-masked]>
Subject: IFCSS Future vs. Annual Budge
To: [email-masked], [email-masked]

Regards,

Toni Ni
Univ. of Maryland