Adam

 

Mike

 

I think this spring we'll have around 80 at our meetings.  Summertime I'm guessing 50 people.  Next fall that will shoot up to 80 real quick, and 150 at the conference. 

Next December will be huge.  Over 100 again, and next January's Frag Fest will top 130. 

 

In general we sell 200 memberships in a year.  About half are new people and half are returning.  Our club slowly grows in memberships, and in attendance.

 

However, we did routinely get over 100 people for a while back in 2003 or so.  I was president at the time and it really looked like we were going to outgrow the Rose Garden.  It was discussed on having two meetings at the same time.  A beginner meeting in one room and an advanced meeting in the other room.  We may hit that point again this coming fall.

 

But honestly, I don't forsee us outgrowing the Rose Garden anytime soon.

 

Adam

 

I was the historian last year.  But I can't speak for before 2008 on that as it wasn't my job.

 

I would wait until the presentation started, and then count all the adults.  I'd count something like 72 adults, and then see whe'd have a few kids there as well.  So I'd just count that as 75.  Plenty accurate if ask me.  Who cares what the exact numbers are?  You're welcome to sit at the door with a clicker, but honestly even as pres I just need an idea of how many to plan for so exact numbers are more work than necessary. 

 

This all seems to be a lot of talk for nothing.  We've had more people at the Rose garden before without issues.  If we find a better place, great, we'll move. 

But if we don't, great, we'll stay.  As has been mentioned many times it serves our club well and it doesn't appear like we need to move anytime soon.

 

It really isn't that big of a deal people.  I'm glad to see everyone cares so much about the club, but don't stress over it.

 

Adam

I think it must be more like a rough estimate given the rounded figures above. Who is the "historian" anyway? Should we come up with a more accurate method for counting by using one of the methods above I suggested?

 

That is both rooms, right? So that must mean that the side we use seats about half that? Just curious, how many seats did we have out the last couple of meetings?

 

BTW, I am still curious to see the membership roll over time with unique IDs instead of names, dates of membership, renewal, city, etc. I am willing to analyze this data and give you guys any insight I can squeeze out on club growth, attrition rates, geographical info, etc. using pivot tables or whatever it takes. This could help with future planning.