Why is SAGE contracting with an AMC?
At the time of the USENIX resolution in June 2004 dissolving the SAGE STG, it was stipulated that an independent SAGE would have to provide the functions that USENIX staff had been providing to SAGE members. SAGE needs staff of some kind to fulfill those functions; volunteers cannot provide the level of service expected by our membership. The Interim Board explored two possibilities for staffing: SAGE hiring staff of its own, or contracting with an AMC. Given the available resources, hiring was judged to be inefficient—while SAGE could afford an office manager, or an Executive Director, it was unlikely to be able to afford both. An AMC’s shared staff is attractive because it can offer the expertise and functions of a large, diverse staff without having to retain them all on a full-time basis. The main reason for engaging an AMC is a simple one: momentum. By engaging an AMC with many years of experience in running non-profit associations, and with fully trained staff, we get immediate p
