See You at the Meet ?
Iain Gilmour
| Year | 1993 | 1994 | Change |
| Number of Members | 186 | 187 | +1 |
| Average Age | 57.1 | 57.5 | +0.4 |
| Number of Active Members | 95 | 88 | -7 |
| Av. Age of Active Members | 52.9 | 55.4 | +2.5 |
| Av. Meets per active Member | 3.27 | 2.88 | -0.39 |
| Number of Reported Meets | 18 | 14 | -4 |
| Av. Number attending a Meet | 17 | 18 | +1 |
| Av. Age of those on a Meet | 54.3 | 55.8 | +1.5 |
You may see a particular fellow member on a meet, but probably only if he is one of the fifty or sixty members who attend more than one meet in a year.
Recent discussions about club membership posed questions about recruitment and average age, and the following statistics were produced to provide some facts. These figures are rather heavy going, and most of us will skip to the next article, but probably not before checking where we ourselves would fit into the table.
The most likely reaction to the data below, is to remind ourselves that we need to continue attracting young members, and providing the sort of meet which appeals to them.
Editor’s Note: There is an ancient Chinese proverb along the lines of “You can’t fatten a pig by weighing it”. However if your record of weights for a pig indicates a steady loss of weight then it might be worth considering a more fattening diet and the health of the pig!