Re: Theos-World NO MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN USA IN 95 YEARS
Dec 26, 2008 07:59 AM
by F Gregg Meagher
Membership: what (who) is being sought with regards to Membership in your
Organization?
Whom are you seeking as a Member's Stereotype?
Thanks.
Gregg
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:35 AM, MKR <mkr777@gmail.com> wrote:
> NO MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN USA IN 95 YEARS
>
> Recently I saw TS membership history in the USA. In 1905, the membership
> was
> 2,637 and it grew to 4,145 in 1913. The membership in 2008 was 3,899. Thus
> current membership is about the same as it was in 1913. No growth in 95
> years, almost a Century. Not a pretty picture.
>
> While the population in 1913 was 97,225,000 and current estimate is
> 305,800,400, a growth of 3.14 times. If the membership has kept up with the
> growth of population, then we should have 13,000 members today in the USA.
>
> It is a shocking and pitiful state of affairs. It points out that all the
> hard work of the leaders in the USA is not working at all. Due to the
> autonomous nature of the Sections, it is a local problem which only leaders
> in this country can address and fix. We all know what has been going on in
> the International Scene since last December.
>
> I hope and pray that the GC members who want to disenfranchise all of us,
> tinker with International Rules to seize control of the presidency and make
> the president a puppet, fix the serious membership problem in their
> backyard
> first.
>
> M K Ramadoss
>
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>
>
>
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