My impression was that the 993 number included out of state people as well.
If you mean “933” (the number listed at the top of the membership list), not “993” (the number you listed) I believe that represents active WGA members, not friends. The full list shows 69 active WGA friends.
127 is a rather sad turnout. Hmmmm wonder how we can get MORE members to vote or get the word out to them. Maybe ont this year but up and coming years. I’ll add that to my “Honey-do” list!
From just a quick count – so this could be wrong – there are only 192 active members that have visted the website since 1/1/2007. That 131+ statistic doesn’t look as bad when you consider that.
I’m curious if it’s possible for the BOD to send those 933 WGA members an email telling them about the election and that it was time to vote. I don’t recall ever getting an email from the WGA other than private messages.
That’d be a way to get the membership more involved.
While you may think 127 (now 131) is a sad turnout, it is better than before.
I agree with ya on that Ruth. Still…. people don’t even have to leave the comfort of their homes and can vote at 2am in their Jammies. Unlike a primary election for governmental officials. Just makes me wonder sometimes if people just don’t wish to participate or are visiting the site and not noticing. Don’t know how they can’t notice with the spread on the first page. LOL I guess it’s like opening the refrigerator….Nope.. nothing there .. and it’s right in front of your nose LOL I’ve done THAT before, myself!! 😀
Here is a real quick number to consider: On Jan 1,2003 we had about 300 members, 48 votes is 16%. Today we have 933 members, 131 votes is 14% and there are still a couple of days to go.
I wonder how many people signed up after seeing one of Vince’s Fox 6 stories- it is likely that a lot of people might join out of curiosity and then not visit the site much after the fact.
It would be interesting to have some idea what percentage of people try geocaching and don’t continue the activity. With all the publicity caching has gotten in the past year or so, this would account for a good number of the non-voting members.
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