[Ansteorra] Participation vs. Recruitment

[Cionaodh O'Hosey]

There is a lot of discussion about recruitment on this list, i hope  
this is because we want more people to participate in our events. We  
can also increase the participation at our events if we all  
participate more often ourselves. For example lets say we have 48  
events a year, and our goal is 200 active players people at each  
event then the following things are true: If we all go to every event  
then we only need 200 people total to meet our goal. If we all go to  
two events a month then we need 400 active players. If we all go to  
an event just once a month then the we need 800 active players. If we  
all go to just three events every four months, that's just nine  
events a year, then we need 1066 people, that is also the minimum  
number of events a person needs to attend to save enough on non- 
member event fees to break even on a sustaining membership. If we all  
only show up once every two months, six times a year, we need 1600  
active players. If we all go to an event once every quarter, four  
times a year, then we need 2400 active players. If we all go to an  
event twice a year then we need 4800 active players. Lastly if we all  
go to an event once a year then we need 9600 active players.

It becomes immediately apparent that the fewer events we all go to  
the more people we need to successfully recruit to meet our goal. But  
lets also be honest, the fewer events you go to the harder time you  
are going to have getting new people to go to more events. If it is  
not worth your time to go to an event why would a new person, who  
looks up to you as an experienced player, want to go to that event?  
It is a simple matter of leadership, you cannot recruit people to do  
what you don't do.

Cionaodh O'Hosey