ACCESS INDIANA Community Network Annual Report 1997

1997 ACCESS INDIANA Community Network Annual Report

Community Network: Waynet, Inc.

Address: 50 North Fifth Street

Richmond, IN 47374

President/Director: David Fulton, Board President

Jane D. Holman, Executive Director

FISCAL REPORT

Revenues through September 30, 1997

1. FUNDS RECEIVED FROM ACCESS INDIANA

Date Received Amount

_5/19/97____ $7,500.00___

_7/23/97____ $3,750.00___

___________ ___________

SUBTOTAL $11,250.00 _________

2. OUTSIDE INCOME

Grants (other than ACCESS INDIANA) ___________

Individual Memberships/Subscriptions ___________

Corporate/Associate Memberships _$5,000.00__

Advertising ___________

Other ___________

SUBTOTAL $ 5,000.00__________

TOTAL REVENUE $16,250.00__________

Expenditures through September 30, 1997

1. PERSONNEL EXPENSES:

Salaries & Wages Amount ________________________________ __$ 312.97________

Benefits

________________________________ __________________

Stipends

________________________________ __________________

SUBTOTAL _$ 312.97____

2. SUPPLIES:

Office supplies $ 72.58_________

Operating supplies $ 30.00_________

Other supplies

__ ________________ _________________

SUBTOTAL $ 102.58____

3. SERVICES and CHARGES

Professional Amount

Legal Fees __________________

Content Development __________________

Host Services __________________

Insurance __________________

Dues/Membership Fees __________________

Other

________________________________ __________________

Communications, Utilities & Transportation

Dedicated Transport __________________

Dial-in Data Lines __________________

Telephone Voice Lines __________________

Utilities __________________

Postage __________________

Freight __________________

Travel __________________

Other __________________

________________________________ __________________

Advertising & Printing

Advertising $ 166.25__________

Seminars/Public Presentations __________________

Printing __________________

Other

________________________________ __________________

Rentals and Maintenance

Office Space __________________

Office Maintenance __________________

Computers/Peripherals Rentals __________________

Hardware Maintenance __________________

Other

________________________________ __________________

SUBTOTAL $ 166.25_____

4. CAPITAL OUTLAYS Amount

Furniture $ 149.99_________

Other

________________________________ __________________

Communications

Desktop Computers __________________

Servers __________________

Modems __________________

Scanners __________________

Printers $ 399.99__________

Other

Mouse, PhotoShop, Phone, PC-cillin, etc._____ $ 416.46__________

SUBTOTAL $ 966.44______

TOTAL EXPENSES $_1,548.24______

TOTAL REVENUE $16,250.00______

CASH BALANCE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 $14,701.76______

____________________________________________________________________ _________________

Signature of Librarian or Reporting Officer Date (Month, Day, Year)

I certify that this claim is correct and valid, and is a proper charge against the State Agency, fund and Center indicated.

____________________________________________________________________ _________________

Authorized Signature (Indiana State Library) Date (Month, Day, Year)

EVALUATION

1. Initial Date of Operation: August 29, 1997 – Date of Incorporation

2. Website URL: http://www.waynet.wayne.in.us

3. Number of Members/Subscribers using the community network's Domain Name for their e-mail address: 0

4. Provide a monthly breakdown of the number of times the community networks homepage was visited:

(Beginning __________ 1997)

Month #1: ________________

Month #2: ________________

Month #3: ________________

Month #4: ________________

Month #5: ________________

Month #6: ________________

Month #7: ________________

Month #8: ________________

Month #9: ________________We did not start tracking until mid-October 1997

Month #10: ____952________

Month #11: __ 1076________

Month #12: _______________

5. What listserves are hosted by this community network?

None

6. What chat groups are hosted by this community network?

None

7. To what extent is this network hosting a community calendar, and how is it managed/maintained? A CGI calendar is available to the community. Items may be posted by the Waynet Executive Director or by the Sponsoring Members.

8. What local organizations have homepages hosted by this community network?

None as of September 30, 1997

9. Please list paying advertisers hosted by this community network.

None

10. What content creates the most traffic on this community network?

Maps of the local communities.

11. Briefly describe your marketing/public relations efforts: Brochures placed in public places around the community, direct sales calls to businesses, planning in effect for web design seminars.

12. Briefly describe the biggest challenges the network has faced. Revamping the membership/fee structure in the face of new Internet providers within the community.

13. Briefly describe the network's biggest successes.

Received backing and support from many profit and non-profit groups within the community.

14. Briefly describe the networks biggest failures. We need to make a larger effort to draw in the smaller communities within the county.

15. Briefly describe the current stability of the network's organization: We are just getting going with our first Executive Director. Stability will be easier to determine after 6 months when we see how many more sponsoring members we can bring on board.

16. Briefly describe the network's biggest challenges for the next 12 months: Drawing new business and sponsoring members in order to make Waynet self-supporting. New competition from one of our local ISP’s who is planning on producing a "city guide" will provide an extra challenge.

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