DOWN DOWN DOWN

Recently when asked the question, “How many members do you have?” the president of an Air Force Association chapter replied, “About 800. But we’re dying. All the military organizations are dying!”

Here are some membership numbers:

Chapter 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

Marin County 394 355 298 263 230 199 164

Solano County 313 302 283 300 237 238 235

Contra Costa County 208 222 209 232 219 206 206

East Bay 256 236 ******Out of Business******

Monterey County 270 254 221 214 200 185 169

Silicon Valley 699 573 473 436 422 357 349

San Francisco 298 293 149 128 128 129 112

Santa Cruz 53 52 53 69 102 108 98

Sacramento 826 809 714 615 540 569 373

Orange County 304 297 258 219 217 199 185

Palm Springs 148 162 153 124 103 113 109

Riverside/March Field 593 581 534 534 515 480 418

San Diego 286 238 243 266 256 196 190

Will we ever make the TROA to MOAA transition, attract the younger active duty and active Guard and Reserve officers, and grow chapter memberships?

If ever there was a time for us to come together, raise these issues and others, have some discussions on line or otherwise, and take decisive action, it’s now.

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