I thought some of you might be interested in the makeup of the current membership regarding type of membership, and where the members reside.
To determine this information, I have developed a database of the membership information provided on the cards filled out whenever a membership is paid. The first year the database contained the expiration of the current membership; this year it includes the membership card number and the expiration date of September, 2001. Thus, when a member pays dues and is already a member, I just check that the personal data is still current, change the expiration date to 2001, and enter the card number. If the person is not in the database, I enter the complete information from the card.
I have in the past asked range users if they were members, and was told that they had "left their card at home"; starting in October I can get their name and check the printout of the data to see if they are paid up.
The numbers -----
Membership as of April 17th, 2000 |
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| Total membership on record | 494 |
| Number of life members | 80 |
| Regular members | 404 |
| Junior Members | 10 |
| Renewed for 2000 | 311 |
| Have not renewed yet | 103 |
Residential demographics |
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| State of Pennsylvania | 472 |
| Altoona addresses | 184 |
| Bellwood addresses | 135 |
| Tyrone addresses (all) | 109 |
| All other Pennsylvania | 44 |
| State of Indiana | 1 |
| State of New Jersey | 1 |
| State of Ohio | 2 |
| State of Virginia | 1 |
| State of West Virginia | 1 |
Information compiled and published by Walt Lysinger.on September 25th, 2000