CHAPTERS ANNUAL REPORT - US Green Building Council

CHAPTERS ANNUAL REPORT ANALYSISThe most successful EP events are typicallysocial in nature, offering networking, communityservice opportunities and/or career development.The most successful events reported by chapters(40 total) using the previous themes had an averageattendance of 55 EPs per event. Of the 178 total EPevents, average attendance was 24 people. Manychapters are having 2-10 times more attendees atEP events than regular chapter meetings. Chaptersare also offering discounted membership rates forTable 3.2: Top 10 - Largest % Increase in Membership2011 to 2012 (chapter size)Chapter (Size) 2012/20111. Heart of Florida (S) 616%2. Memphis Regional (S) 295%3. Hawaii (S) 171%4. West Virginia (S) 93%5. Cincinnati Regional (S) 89%6. North Carolina (M) 75%7. Oklahoma (S) 57%8. Indiana (S) 54%9. Vermont Green Building Network (S) 52%10. California Central Coast (S) 46%* Please note that smaller chapters will showgreater percentage increases. These numbershave not been adjusted based on size, i.e. a smallchapter of 20 increasing to 40 members is 100%increase. A large chapter increasing 100% wouldbe 800 members.EPs. Over 40% of chapters offered a discountedmembership rate to EPs at an average rate of $33per year. Regular chapter membership is typically$70/year. Given the importance of EPs the USGBCboard instituted a consistent EP membership ratefor chapters in February 2013. Additionally, about14% (11 chapters) in the chapter network nowhave specific membership recruitment programsdesigned to attract EP’s to their organization. Thisis a key area of support and focus for USGBC for itschapters as a part of the Three Year Plan.There were many membership bright spots forchapters between 2011 and 2012. Chapters with thelargest growth in membership between 2011 and2012 are listed in Table 3.2.In addition to building membership, six chaptershave excelled at retaining existing members. Table3.3 below lists the chapters that renewed more than90% of their existing members between 2011 and2012 in alphabetical order.Table 3.3: Chapters Retaining 90% or more of theirmembership from 2011 to 2012Central OhioDVGBCMinnesotaCincinnati RegionalHawaiiNew Jersey2012 CHAPTERS ANNUAL REPORT | 22