How to Get New Members to Stay?

[Cinnastar047]

Originally Posted by gblake

If you think you have gotten enough answers about the general topic of retaining new members, I'm curious why you think your group is going through an every-two-years boom/bust cycle.

Can that be shared, or does it need to stay private?

Blake

Ah, that's a fun one. Our team currently consists of about 15 seniors, 2 juniors, 15 sophomores, and 2 freshmen. Last year we had about 10 members graduate (most of whom joined after their freshman year) and the year before that, there were no members of the graduating class on our team. The current junior class is a rather sensitive story to a lot of our team, but this year a lot of our freshmen just seemed uninterested or committed to other sports.

It's not exactly a cycle, but it really feels like it to a lot of our team.