Number of Participants
I have taken the highest number on any day from any activity. To my
opinion this gives the best view on how many people joined. Sometimes
people leave before dinner, yet others only arrive by then. General
Meetings are also not always participated in by all.
Ofcourse over the years not all the exact numbers have been kept in
detail. Usually only a very small number of participants did not participate
in either lunch, the afternoon programme, or dinner.
Some years are Top Years: The 50-year anniversary in 1976 obviously
is one of them. Why exactly some other years have such high participation
rate is not clear to me: I thought it could have to do with 'sailing',
but when I compared this to the number there was no obvious connection.
Average participation
|
years |
|
ttl. years |
|
average |
|
| - |
2006-2011 |
- |
324 |
54,0 |
|
| 1996-2005 |
|
562 |
|
56,2 |
|
| 1986-1995 |
|
467 |
|
46,7 |
|
| 1976-1985 |
|
529 |
|
52,9 |
|
| 1966-1975 |
|
524 |
|
52,4 |
|
| 1956-1965 |
|
372 |
|
37,2 |
|
| 1946-1955 |
|
423 |
|
42,3 |
|
| - |
1936-1939 |
- |
118 |
29,5 |
|
| 1936-1945 |
|
151 |
|
15,1 |
|
| 1926-1935 |
|
384 |
|
38,4 |
|
During the occupation years 1940-1945 there were only a few meetings:
only in 1942 and 1943 with a limited number of participants and this
was to discuss the continuation of the association and the support
to family members. A total over a ten years period would not give
a good view; that is why the period 1936-1939 has been taken seperately.
It may seem clear that also these years have not been easy ones. Taken
the overall average for the years without the occupation years we
come to an average of around 46,5 per annum. Considering this we seem
to have a good number of participants over the most recent decades.
|