5A-4 Discussion Item: Membership Numbers

[Lyle Craver]

(requested by the President)

[Vladimir Drkulec]

Happy New Year to all. We have good news to start the year.


The CFC membership numbers for January 1, 2016 are showing increases in all membership categories since May 1, 2015. In fact, the largest total membership since 2006.


Category……May 1, 2015……..Jan 1, 2016
Family…………….…18………………31
Honorary….….…..78………………82
Junior………………565…………….613
Life………………….393…………….402
Adult……………...807…………….815
Total…………...1,861………...1,943


This is still a far cry from the glory days (1994-1999) when membership exceeded 3000, but it is progress. We face greater challenges these days: competition from the internet, membership demographics.


Many thanks to our many chess organizers, club executives, tournament directors, instructors, the cfc executive and voting members, CMA, FQE, provincial affiliates, and all of our membership for a successful year.

We have to go back ten years in order to find a time when our membership numbers were better. I think that we can say this is a positive development.

http://chess.ca/membership-stats