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John Robert Stratton
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Office telephone: 512-445-6262
Cell: 512-426-2028
PO Box 2232
Austin, Texas 78768-2232
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The all-time membership peak was 177,396 in early 1997, shortly before a dues increase. Dave -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of jfenster@pacifier.com Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:41 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:21378] Re: ARRL membership tops 160,000! Dave, This is great news. It certainly helps to relieve pressure on the cash position as the numbers increase. We need to keep the numbers growing! Regards and congratulations to the membership folks. What was the highest membership recorded in the past? 73 Jim K9JFARRL membership ended the year on a strong note with the totalexceeding160,000 for the first time since March 2002! A banner in the HQ lobby (see attached courtesy of Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R) tells the tale. Every division except Great Lakes saw an increase in membership during the year. International membership grew the most percentage-wise. The leading division in growth this year was Pacific - see http://www.arrl.org/membership-stats for the division and section breakdowns. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odvJames E. Fenstermaker K9JF Director, Northwestern Division American Radio Relay League (206) 930-9372 _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv