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01-19-2011, 01:23 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
, CANADA
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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2011 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
2011 WBCCI Directory total--5496 Members
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Mike
AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-19-2011, 01:33 PM
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Rivet Master
2022 25' International
Savage
, Minnesota
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 753
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A 7.5% drop in membership since last year. A 20.5% drop since 2006. No political statement(s) (please!), but these numbers are not good for the overall health of the WBCCI; stating the obvious of course.
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AIR 25979
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01-19-2011, 01:35 PM
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Rivet Master
1978 31' Sovereign
Texas Airstream Harbor
, Zavalla, in the Deep East Texas Piney Woods on Lake Sam Rayburn
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 2,435
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Many thanks - Karma to you!
Much needed info - thanks for taking the time to do this.
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"Suck it up, spend the bucks, do it right the first time."
WBCCI # 1113
AirForums #1737
Trailer '78 31' Sovereign
Living Large at an Airstream Park on the Largest Lake Totally Contained in Texas
Texas Airstream Harbor, Inc.
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01-19-2011, 02:38 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
, CANADA
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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Units lost in 2011
Here are the 4 units that were lost or merged in the 2011 directory along with the 2010 membership totals for those units.
Unit#073 Niagara Genesee New York
17 members
Unit#100 West Texas
18 members
Unit#127 Monterey Bay California
21 members
Unit#173 Colorado West
7 members
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Mike
AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-19-2011, 02:40 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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New Unit for 2011
There was 1 new unit in the 2011 Directory
Unit # 006
Northern Ohio Virtual Airstream Unit
18 members listed in the directory
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Mike
AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-19-2011, 02:57 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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Repost from last years thread
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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Mike
AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-19-2011, 03:14 PM
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Naysayer
1968 24' Tradewind
Russellville
, earth
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 4,954
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Quote:
Originally Posted by streamer23
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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res ipsa loquitur
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01-19-2011, 03:26 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 87MH
Much needed info - thanks for taking the time to do this.
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Thanks for the karma.Even though this thread 'speaks for itself' I'm glad some appreciate the info.
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Mike
AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-19-2011, 03:33 PM
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Rivet Master
1982 28' Airstream 280
Port Angeles
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,942
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Quote:
Originally Posted by streamer23
Thanks for the karma.Even though this thread 'speaks for itself' I'm glad some appreciate the info.
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Mike thanks for posting the numbers. A quick question, can you separate the number of renewals from the number of new members?
Thanks, Dan
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01-19-2011, 03:45 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartstream
Mike thanks for posting the numbers. A quick question, can you separate the number of renewals from the number of new members?
Thanks, Dan
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No I cannot. Without doing a recheck I believe there were 723 new entries in the 2011 Directory but not all were new members.Some could have been existing members who didn't renew in time for the 2010 Directory.There were also a few lower numbers issued to Region Presidents etc
Home Office in Jackson Center Ohio would have the answer to ypur question.
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AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-19-2011, 04:18 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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The two largest units
The largest unit continues to be the Washington Unit followed by the Georgia Unit.
Unit#112 Washington Unit
2011-313 members
2010-318 members
Unit#032 Georgia Unit
2011-284 members
2010-290 members
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Mike
AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-19-2011, 05:04 PM
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Rivet Master
1997 34' Limited
1970 27' Overlander
South of Atlanta
, Georgia
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,709
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Other than NOVA, which is new, were there any units which grew in membership numbers?
Thanks for wading through the data.
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Craig and Carol
1997 34' Excella 1000
1970 27' Overlander, International
2009 Ford F150 5.4L
ProPride hitch with 1400# bars
AIR 41028
TAC GA-8
WBCCI 10199
Past President Southeastern Camping Unit (12)
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01-19-2011, 05:26 PM
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Contributing Member
2018 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Austin (Hays County)
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,164
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Very strange! As Webmaster of Region 9, I was never informed that the West Texas Unit had died. It is still listed in the last form I received from the Region 9 President, but without having a President listed. I figured that he simply had not received the info at the time he made up the form. West Texas has in the past been a very active unit at region rallies. I'll update the website tonight.
Region 9 has two additional units hanging by threads. I expect to see one or both die this year.
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2018 Interstate GT, "Sabre-Dog V"
WBCCI #9632
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01-19-2011, 06:12 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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Units with a slight increase
Here are the Units with a slight increase
Northern California (Unit# 011)
2010-81 members
2011-82 members
Southern Indiana (Unit# 044)
2010-25 members
2011-26 members
Kansas City Missouri (Unit# 059)
2010-48 members
2011-49 members
Nevada (Unit# 063)
2010-22 members
2011-24 members
New England (Unit# 064)
2010-94 members
2011-95 members
Akron Ohio (Unit# 077)
2010-24 members
2011-26 members
Mahoning Ohio (Unit# 082)
2010-11 members
2011-12 members
Wyoming (Unit# 119)
2010-20 members
2011-22 members
Quebec Canada (Unit# 125)
2010-15 members
2011-16 members
Florida Sun Coast (Unit# 129)
2010-13 members
2011-14 members
North Cascade Washington (Unit# 138)
2010-18 members
2011-19 members
Missouri Greater Ozark (Unit#151)
2010-28 members
2011-30 members
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Mike
AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-19-2011, 06:16 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Unit with an increase of more than 2
Here are the units with an increase of more than 2.Some would have benefited from merging with another unit while others increased on their own.There were also 16 units with the same membership total as last year.
New York Finger Lakes(Unit #002)
2010-43 members
2011-55 members
Four Corners Unit of New Mexixo (Unit #004)
2010-59 members
2011-68 members
Central Coast California(Unit#020)
2010-30 members
2011-35 members
North Carolina (Unit#021)
2010-55 members
2011-58 members
Everglades Florida (Unit#028)
2010-12 members
2011-15 members
Greater St Louis Missouri (Unit#058)
2010-38 members
2011-41 members
Cleveland Ohio (Unit#079)
2010-29 members
2011-38 members
Oregon Unit (Unit#090)
2010-90 members
2011-104 members
Pennsylvania Unit (Unit#091)
2010-46 members
2011-49 members
Texas Gulf Coast(Unit#103)
2010-70 members
2011-81 members
Texas Plains (Unit#106)
2010-33 members
2011-42 members
Virginia (Unit#109)
2010-27 members
2011-32 members
West Virginia (Unit#114)
2010-13 members
2011-16 members
British Columbia Canada (Unit#121)
2010-40 members
2011-45 members
Greater New Orleans Louisiana (Unit#133)
2010-19 members
2011-22 members
North Iowa (Unit#171)
2010-14 members
2011-18 members
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Mike
AIR # 7916
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01-19-2011, 06:58 PM
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Rivet Master
1997 34' Limited
1970 27' Overlander
South of Atlanta
, Georgia
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,709
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It would appear that the units which grew are intimate in numbers. Can any members of those units comment on how active they are? Being as small as they are, I would expect almost every member is regularly engaged in unit activities. Is that a correct hypothesis?
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Craig and Carol
1997 34' Excella 1000
1970 27' Overlander, International
2009 Ford F150 5.4L
ProPride hitch with 1400# bars
AIR 41028
TAC GA-8
WBCCI 10199
Past President Southeastern Camping Unit (12)
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01-20-2011, 12:05 AM
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Aluminum in 3-D
1968 28' Ambassador
Seaside
, Oregon
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 580
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Mike, Thanks for the information. If I read this right our Oregon Unit 090 has the biggest increase in membership with 14 members. We had 17 new member so we had only 3 non-renewals. We are a FUN unit, Fun Rallies, we love to fly our flags ( sometimes a pirate flag sneaks in) Everyone wants a wool blue Beret. We don't take ourselves seriously. We do a lot of family fun things and our local dealers love us. We have a face book page, Oregon Airstream living, and we have a lot of fun with that. I guess that is why we have grown.
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Membership chair
Wally Byam Airstream Club
Past President Oregon Unit 090
Campfires, the original social media!
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01-20-2011, 11:13 AM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Pearl
Mike, Thanks for the information. If I read this right our Oregon Unit 090 has the biggest increase in membership with 14 members. We had 17 new member so we had only 3 non-renewals. We are a FUN unit, Fun Rallies, we love to fly our flags ( sometimes a pirate flag sneaks in) Everyone wants a wool blue Beret. We don't take ourselves seriously. We do a lot of family fun things and our local dealers love us. We have a face book page, Oregon Airstream living, and we have a lot of fun with that. I guess that is why we have grown.
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Your unit is doing very well considering the unit had a membership of 55 in 2005 and has grown to 104 in 2011.
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Mike
AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-20-2011, 02:28 PM
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Rivet Master
NOVA SCOTIA
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 5,448
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Members at large (MAL's)
There are more MAL memberships than any single unit.It is also the group that has the most movement of members.Each year there are more joining and more leaving than any other unit.One thing I did notice last year was there were quite a few MAL's that joined regular units.
2010 MAL membership 463
2011 MAL membership 406
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AIR # 7916
Ex WBCCI #32083
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01-20-2011, 02:58 PM
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Rivet Master
1977 27' Overlander
1954 25' Cruiser
1990 34.5' Airstream 345
VC Highlands
, Nevada
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 2,151
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Working with the VAC, I am always encouraging MALs to join a unit - either 4CU or WDCU or other units like that - more for their money.
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