[NSRCA-discussion] I'm off to a contest....

[Derek Koopowitz]

>Lastly, if the state of pattern is so good, why does the NSRCA membership
keep dropping? It would seem we need
>to make some changes to remain a viable organization. I would love to see
the membership numbers for the last 10
>years.

Membership statistics are on the NSRCA website... Click on the following:

http://198.144.175.94/historyA.htm


Unfortunately the statistics have not been maintained the past couple of
years.  Where are we currently in membership?  At the board meeting in July
we were at 598 members - that is huge compared to where we were at the
beginning of this year (around 350 or so).  Of those 598 members, 237
members had NOT renewed from 2006 so the difference is all new members.  My
goal was to get to 600 members this year and then to build on that for next
year as well.  We were at 800+ in 2004 and that dropped dramatically over
the next 2 years.  If we can get those 237 members to renew it would push us
over 800 members.  We can do it... One member at a time.