Doug As a 501(c) organization, they are required to supply Financial information. I have information for 2002 and 2004. Subsequent requests were ignored. I haven't requested any more information for a few years.
You would be surprised to know that most of the revenue goes to pay salaries & benefits. In 2004 the President of DISA was making well over $200.000 > Rachel > > You are correct, DISA/X12 does not release financial information. > Membership information is available at any Steering Committee meeting and I > believe the chair mentions it during the Monday general session. > > I don't know if declining membership is correct. Last figures I recall > showed that we had 380 members on May 1st. In 2011, X12 had 600 members, > primarily due to the member discount provided for the X12N TR3's. So the > Steering Committee's goal of increasing membership by providing a discount > worked. Unfortunately, we have not been able to retain all those that > joined specifically for a discount. > > That said, membership was lower during the time period of 2005 to 2009. So > overall membership has increased over the last 10 years. > > I worked with Peter Drucker back in my days at the American Trucking > Associations. Yes, nothing lives forever. X12 has been trying to transform > itself, and as you know has discussed numerous ways to continue the good > work that it does. > > > Doug > > Doug Anderson > Chair X12 Transportation Subcommittee > Vice President Sales Support > Kleinschmidt > 847-405-7457 (office) > 847-826-3531 (cell) > http://www.kleinschmidt.com <http://www.kleinschmidt.com/> > > > Socialize with Kleinschmidt > <http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/179550_119888834821933_456161062 > _n.jpg> > > <http://www.facebook.com/kleinschmidtinc> Like Us on Facebook > <http://www.twitter.com/kleinschmidtedi> Follow Us on Twitter > <http://www.linkedin.com/companies/kleinschmidt> > > <http://www.itunes.com/apps/kEDI> Click to Download kEDI > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:rac...@rfa-edi.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 5:00 PM > To: 'Klaus-Dieter Naujok'; EDI-L@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Standards price change? > > > > > Well, X12 has to find a sustainable business and revenue model, doesn't it > :-) especially with declining membership, consolidation and disbandment of > subcommittees, and declining sales of work products. Or course this is only > my observation since it's been years since DISA shared any information about > the status of the organization: e.g., number of members, revenues, operating > expenses, etc. > > When real companies find themselves in this kind of a downward spiral they > either transform themselves or continue the death spiral. Many years ago in > one of Peter Drucker's books I recall reading that the average life span of > any organization is about 25 years - at which time it either transforms > itself, become acquisition target or goes out of business. Nothing lives > forever - does it :-)? > > Rachel Foerster > 847-872-8070 > > -----Original Message----- > From: EDI-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > EDI-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of > Klaus-Dieter Naujok > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 2:57 PM > To: EDI-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Standards price change? > > On Jun 30, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Mike Rawlins < m...@rawlinsecconsulting.com > <mailto:mcr2%40rawlinsecconsulting.com> > > wrote: > > > As far as I know most commercial translator vendors don't buy the > equivalent of the standards on CD. They buy the "table data", which is > priced at $15,000 for members and $7,500 for non-members. The 20% annual fee > for those products comes to $3,000 and $1,500 respectively. > > Mike, thanks again. > > This would bring my "example" cost for non-members to $42,000 ($15,000 + (9 > x $3,000)) and $21,000 for members. Wow! 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