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And the numbers from 2008 for total membership are 2008 18490 2009 17634 2010 17303 2011 16014 2012 14832 2013 13881 The reports before 2008 do not seem to be online Martin White Intranet Focus Ltd From: Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Armstrong Sent: 21 August 2014 14:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Information on CILIP membership numbers since CILIP was founded Like Karen, I also served on Council at about that time and membership numbers were reported at virtually every meeting. One of the aspects I remember - and commented on at the time - was that despite graphs showing downward trends, they were always reported to the Trustees positively... (Bob and I had a history over the words "spin" and "gloss"!) so that we might (might) see them as a blip in an otherwise wonderful world. Nothing changes. Chris Armstrong Information Automation Limited > On 21/08/2014 14:34:52, Karen Blakeman ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) wrote: > > I was on Council for several years after the merger and we did receive > reports on membership numbers but can't recall if it was at every > meeting. Unfortunately, I shredded all of the documents I had a year > after I came off Council and deleted what electronic versions I had so > can't directly help. But the reports must be somewhere in CILIP as part > of the record of what was presented to and discussed at Council. A pity > we can't do an FoI, as I've said before. > > Karen > > On 20/08/2014 10:16 AM, Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) wrote: > > > A recent blog post by Barbara Band, the CILIP President, highlighted the > > importance of data about CILIP’s membership numbers. In a discussion > > about an apparent decline in membership numbers over recent years > > Barbara point out [1] that: > > > > “The problem I have is with the statement about CILIP membership being > > at its lowest … the person stating this has selected the year 2010 as > > the benchmark. Why? Why not 2007 or 2004? Why not take the year that > > CILIP was last the LA and use those figures?†> > > > I agree with Barbara, there is a need to provide easy access to such > >