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Old 02-06-2010, 07:45 AM   #1
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2010 WBCCI Membership Directory Totals

It's that time of year again.Every year since 1996 I have gone through the annual WBCCI Membership Directory and tracked which unit each member in the directory has paid their dues to.These totals are for the primary unit and does not include associate memberships.
It is important to keep in mind that my totals are only as accurate as the information printed in the directory.
There is always cases where renewals are received late either by accident or on purpose as has been pointed out in previous years by a few on the forums.There are also other possibilities including printing errors and over the years this has happened several times.
I have over the years refined my tabulations so that each membership is checked at least twice to reduce errors.Human error is always a possibility but I feel very confident that these numbers are fairly accurate.
As this thread runs its course,I will post some of the results I found.
First the big number

2006 WBCCI Directory total--6919 Members

2007 WBCCI Directory total--6549 Members

2008 WBCCI Directory total--6406 Members

2009 WBCCI Directory total--6091 Members

2010 WBCCI Directory total--5947 Members
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Last year I received a lot of feedback after posting the numbers.There was a lot of negative feedback which caused me to wonder if I would even bother to post the numbers this year.The determining factor was the amount of positive feedback far outweighed the negative.
I know the WBCCI has it's issues to deal with as has been covered in an endless number of threads.I am providing these numbers for those that are interested and hope this thread does not deteriorate into another WBCCI bashing thread as that is not the intention.
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Units lost in 2009

There were 3 units that were lost in 2009

South Dakota Unit #94
2009 Directory Total--9 members

Paso Del Norte Texas Unit--#101
2009 Directory Total--12 members

Manitoba Canada Unit #123
2009 Directory Total--12 members
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Members at large (MAL's)

Members at large still account for the unit(?) with the largest total.

2009 total- 466 members
2010 total- 463 members
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Largest regular unit

The Washington Unit #112 continues to have the highest membership of any regular unit.

2009 total--351 members
2010 total--318 members
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Specific Unit totals

If anyone is interseted in the membership total in a specific unit I would be happy to post my findings.
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Old 02-06-2010, 08:48 AM   #7
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Thanks for doing this each year. I still think it would be great to assign the MALs a unit number and amend the constitution or bylaws to allow MALs internet voting privileges. If the unit dues went to the unit instead of also going towards the International dues, there would be plenty of money to get the features set up online and see to any other administrative duties that would be required. I guess further discussion of that would be better outside your thread so as not to hijack it. But my, my even after raising their dues higher than any other members in the club, the MALs still exist in force.
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Can you do the numbers for Region 4 please? I guess my area would be Metro Detroit and the Northern Ohio units in particular, bnut I wonder about the region as a whole how it is doing as well.
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Looks like a lot of work, I am glad to see the information
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Can you do the numbers for Region 4 please? I guess my area would be Metro Detroit and the Northern Ohio units in particular, bnut I wonder about the region as a whole how it is doing as well.
Here are the totals for the Units in Region 4 Carol,

Unit #052 2009-96 members 2010-96 members
Unit #077 2009-26 members 2010-24 members
Unit #078 2009-42 members 2010-41 members
Unit #079 2009-33 members 2010-29 members
Unit #080 2009-45 members 2010-39 members
Unit #081 2009-46 members 2010-41 members
Unit #082 2009-11 members 2010-11 members
Unit #084 2009-51 members 2010-52 members
Unit #085 2009-16 members 2010-17 members
Unit #114 2009-17 members 2010-13 members
Unit #115-2009-12 members 2010-14 members
Unit #136-2009-40 members 2010-37 members
Unit #137-2009-61 members 2010-64 members
Unit #140-2009-17 members 2010-13 members
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Thanks, there are quite a few units with numbers smaller than I thought they would be. I'll grab my index for the particulars in this. This is so great that you have taken your time to do this for the members.

Do you have the average unit size and how that varies per region? I guess the range is 10 to 318 in Washington. But I wonder if there is a majority of unit range that is more typical than the extremes or an average based upon the extremes.

Now the number of units that might lose enough members to be gone next year is not known and there may be unit increases for those units absorbing members from a unit that has disbanded. However I would imagine that kind of an increase would still represent a total decrease in membership from the number of members that dropped out to have lowered those unit totals.
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Do you have the average unit size and how that varies per region? I guess the range is 10 to 318 in Washington. But I wonder if there is a majority of unit range that is more typical than the extremes or an average based upon the extremes.
Carol there are 127 actual units and Unit (000) the Members at large (MAL's).
There are 5947 members.

Average unit size + MAL's= 46.4 members
Average unit size - MAL's = 43.1 members
Average unit size - MAL's and - the 2 largest units
Georgia(Unit#032)(290Members) and Washington(#112)(318 members) = 39 members
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Thanks for such a good look at the real numbers. Can you post data on Region 9?
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Thanks for such a good look at the real numbers. Can you post data on Region 9?
Here are the totals for Region 9

Unit #009- 2009-16 members 2010-26 members
Unit #088- 2009-42 members 2010-35 members
Unit #097-2009-43 members 2010-38 members
Unit #098-2009-32 members 2010-30 members
Unit #099-2009-66 members 2010-61 members
Unit #100-2009-25 members 2010-18 members
Unit #103-2009-75 members 2010-70 members
Unit #104-2009-26 members 2010-24 members
Unit #106-2009-37 members 2010-33 members
Unit #155-2009-59 members 2010-67 members
Unit #168-2009-31 members 2010-35 members
Unit #172-2009-54 members 2010-71 members

2009-506 members
2010-508 members
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I almost didn't open this thread as it has become an excuse to bash the WBCCI. However, I suspect that this time around the drop in memberships has more to do with economics rather then club politics. In keeping with full disclosure, I dropped out of the WBCCI several years ago.
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Unit #137-2009-61 members 2010-64 members
Regardless of whether your totals are 100% accurate, they agree with what our Metro-Detroit Unit Membership Chair told us at a recent luncheon. Our Unit gained this year! Yeah!
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thanks for the 'countdown' good to see it in black and white.
we are mals and would like to belong to a mal group so we can vote and get something for our money. maybe soon
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Same data, as a chart

While it's always interesting to see good data as has been shown here, I find it becomes a lot more clear when it's represented as a chart.

So here's a simple one using my limited skills with Excel.

The only thing that jumps out at me is that while the decline is not huge, it is constant.

And all the discussions from folks saying that they will not re-up this year don't seem to have made a big impact. Unless I am mis-reading the timing that the data represents.

Anyroad, IMHO it's a trend that needs to be reversed, if the club wants to survive long term.
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Units with a gain (+ 5)in membership

Here are the units with a gain in membership of 5 or more.In some cases there are units on this list that have achieved a gain due in part to other units in the area folding and a merge of members.There may also be the possibility that for last year there were renewals submitted too late to be printed in the 2009 Directory.

Unit #004-Four Corners Unit
2009-48 members 2010-59 members

Unit #009-Heart of Texas
2009-16 members 2010-26 members

Unit #011-Northern California
2009-76 members 2010-81 members

Unit #025-Charter Oaks Connecticut
2009-59 members 2010-64 members

Unit #039-Southern Illinois
2009-43 members 2010-49 members

Unit #069-New Mexico
2009-46 members 2010-60 members

Unit #072-Metropolitan New York
2009-25 members 2010-32 members

Unit #090-Oregon
2009-76 members 2010-90 members

Unit #116-Wisconsin
2009-68 members 2010-76 members

Unit #131-Al-Mon-O Pennsylvania
2009-20 members 2010-27 members

Unit #145-North Dakota
2009-14 members 2010-26 members

Unit #153-Big Bend Florida
2009-43 members 2010-49 members

Unit #155-Texas Coastal Plains
2009-59 members 2010-67 members

Unit #170-Washington DC
2009-83 members 2010-116 members

Unit #172-Texas Highland Lakes
2009-54 members 2010-71 members
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The question that comes to my mind is, at the current rate of decline, how much longer will the WBCCI continue? At some point, there will not be enough members to support the HQ building & staff costs.
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