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Much is being made of the adult membership numbers being so low. Under 1,000.
To me it looks like the tally should be done differently. The Life Members and probably the honorary members should be kept as a foot note. The actual members should be slotted into either the Senior members or the Junior members, whichever is applicable. It would give a better picture of the makeup of the membership and bring the adults over the 1,000 mark. The total would still be the same.
Since I can't post to the CFC site, I'm putting this suggestion here.
Much is being made of the adult membership numbers being so low. Under 1,000.
To me it looks like the tally should be done differently. The Life Members and probably the honorary members should be kept as a foot note. The actual members should be slotted into either the Senior members or the Junior members, whichever is applicable. It would give a better picture of the makeup of the membership and bring the adults over the 1,000 mark. The total would still be the same.
Since I can't post to the CFC site, I'm putting this suggestion here.
In software programming there is an old saying...."You can't polish a piece of horse shit"
hi Gary ... i corrected the spelling on your thread title. That only applies to the first post; you have to correct other posts yourself, when you make them.
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
In my recent calculations, I have added life members to adult members. Lifers are people who (at one time) made a lifetime commitment to chess, or at least to the CFC. Some lifers are inactive, to be sure, but others are still in the scene.
If we discount lifers, then we "lose" each member who decides to take out a life membership.
Much is being made of the adult membership numbers being so low. Under 1,000.
To me it looks like the tally should be done differently. The Life Members and probably the honorary members should be kept as a foot note. The actual members should be slotted into either the Senior members or the Junior members, whichever is applicable. It would give a better picture of the makeup of the membership and bring the adults over the 1,000 mark. The total would still be the same.
Junior life members? Man, that's some serious commitment.
It's more likely a junior membership count would come from the honourary members. Allocating the two categories of members, honourary and life, to their junior and adult categories would give a better picture of the make up of the CFC. I suspect that would bring the adult count over 1,000.
By the way, it makes more sense for a junior to buy a life membership than for a 70 year old to do so. The gamble is a person will live long enough to gain a benefit from paying the money up front. Without other considerations, a 70 year old would have to live to 80 to break even.
By the way, it makes more sense for a junior to buy a life membership than for a 70 year old to do so. The gamble is a person will live long enough to gain a benefit from paying the money up front. Without other considerations, a 70 year old would have to live to 80 to break even.
Not sure about that. A junior is much more likely to change his mind about chess and quit. If you're 65 and you've been playing chess all your adult life, you're less likely to quit!
Also, if you're 15 years old, there's quite a high probability that the CFC will do something completely outrageous at some point during your lifetime. Then you have to explain to your friends and family why the hell you are a life member with that organization. Those fellows that are well past 65 years old are much less worried about that kind of stuff.
I wouldn't suggest buying life membership until you're at least 65... ;)
Last edited by Mathieu Cloutier; Tuesday, 15th July, 2014, 09:14 AM.
I wouldn't suggest buying life membership until you're at least 65... ;)
At that age a reasonably priced term life insurance policy would be nicer than a CFC life membership. Let the insurance company bet on the future. :D
This is more about counting the life members in the junior and adult column. The total membership will still be the same but a potential sponsor who looks at the totals will get a better idea of the makeup of the federation.
At that age a reasonably priced term life insurance policy would be nicer than a CFC life membership. Let the insurance company bet on the future. :D
I don't know how you can write that sentence with a smiley afterwards. Whatever you are betting on your future, the insurance company is just happy about it...
Much is being made of the adult membership numbers being so low. Under 1,000.
To me it looks like the tally should be done differently. The Life Members and probably the honorary members should be kept as a foot note. The actual members should be slotted into either the Senior members or the Junior members, whichever is applicable. It would give a better picture of the makeup of the membership and bring the adults over the 1,000 mark. The total would still be the same.
So, assume Life members and Honorary members are adults, Adults = 1284
Then, assume family are juniors, then, Juniors = 598
Total is the same.........then add FQE numbers if you are so inclined.
The question that I ponder is this "what do we need to do to maintain our membership levels?"
Of course, the goal is to grow, but lets ponder this question first, shall we!
A review of the last few years, shows relatively steady membership levels.
So, I did a simple (crude) modelling program to project membership levels.
If we achieve the following:
Kids playing chess without CFC memberships = 10,000
Convert to CFC junior members = 2%
Retention rate of CFC junior members = 70%
Retention rate of adult members = 70%
Reactivation rate of former adult members = 11%
According to my crude model, this maintains the current membership levels.
Just something to chew on. :)
Last edited by Bob Gillanders; Tuesday, 15th July, 2014, 02:48 AM.
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