Exceed Jul/Aug 2020 - 4WD Club Magazine Volume #37 Issue #4 | Page 23

Pajero 4WD Club of Victoria 2019 -2020 Annual Membership Report Membership Renewal Overview The Club’s annual membership renewal is effectively completed at the time of writing (12 July 2020), two months ahead of last year, thanks to the introduction of Wild Apricot as the Club’s new Membership Management system. The following table provides a summary of the 2020-21 Annual Renewal status. Membership Renewal Summary Number End of May 20 Membership 316 Confirmed Renewed Members 286 New Members (June-July) 9 Current active Memberships 295 Resigned Members 8 No response to renewal notice 22 I will undertake one final follow up of the 22 members pending renewal before the Annual General Meeting and plan to carry out a survey of non-renewing members to feed into the committee’s annual strategy day and to assist future planning. All lapsed members will be archived directly following the AGM. Member Skills Overview. Members have continued to value the skills training offered by the Club with an increase in all training categories for primary Members, despite some courses being deferred in the later part of the year. Spouse/partner training levels remain consistent. The chart below, details the skills for all current members. On the Proficiency statistic, there are several newer members waiting to undertake the Proficiency course, which has had to be deferred for several months due to Covid-19 restrictions.