On May 27, 3:11*pm, Bill D wrote:
On May 27, 1:40*pm, John Cochrane
wrote:









On May 27, 10:21*am, Bill D wrote:

On May 27, 7:31*am, John Cochrane
wrote:

On May 26, 4:10*pm, Bill D wrote:

The result is small, may be a fluke and it's too soon for the
LetsGoGliding campaign to claim credit but, since February, SSA
membership has grown at least 50 members every month with 74 new
members in April which represents a reversal of the long term downward
trend.

The number of bumper stickers and trailer graphics on the road is
still small. However, if they are part of the reason for growth, it
means more of them will work even better. *PLEASE, please, put them on
your trailer and car. *There are other aspects of LGG but it's the one
thing you can to to help.

If the trend holds for another couple of months, it's time to be
thinking of new trainers - the Euro is falling.

Bill Daniels
SSA Growth and Development Committee Chairman

This is great news.
The SSA typically gains 20% new members every year and loses 22%.
Let's all be nice to the newcomers and see if we can get more of them
to stick!
John Cochrane

John, that's going to be the hard part.

But it is the crucial part. In fact, we get a lot of people in the
front door. But if 1:10 rides take a lesson, 1:10 lessons get a
license, 1:10 licenses fly cross country, and 1:10 of those are still
with us in 5 years, we're lucky.
I am all for the SSA's new growth programs. But I do think we need to
add some keep efforts.
John Cochrane

Yes, John, retention is absolutely critical.

If you have some ideas, we'd like to hear them.

Form a task force and develop a reasonable cost solution to the Blanik
AD that is acceptable to the FAA. This would jump start instruction
all over the US immediately.