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We will no longer have membership declines but "membership churn". Expect lots of tricks such as Early Scout Termination Fees, 2 year contracts, MB Caps and camping overage fees.

 

You know, that first part would not be a terrible idea. I work in software, and we measure the following:

 

Breakage: People who sign up but never use the system. How many boys bridge over but then never attend more than a couple of meetings? This would have to be done at the Troop level, since National does not know our attendance.

 

Churn: How many boys don't renew on an annual basis? After 1st, 2nd or 3rd year / after certain ranks. National has this information, not sure how they might report it.

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Churn: How many boys don't renew on an annual basis? After 1st, 2nd or 3rd year / after certain ranks. National has this information, not sure how they might report it.

In statistics we have a method called survival (a.k.a. Life table) analysis. It's a way of quantifying the proportion of subjects who survive up to a given point. It could be applied to ages in the program, years before dropping, or rank advancement.

 

It's a robust way to look at dats like this. The problem is that a minority of folks would understand it.

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