Membership

Folk Project board members,

As of 9/1/20, we have 281 memberships consisting of 420 people, a decrease of 16 memberships and a decrease of 17 people compared to September 2020.

With the Covid-19 situation, new and renewed membership activity continues to be diminished. Some of this may be affected by job loss, financial hardship or family illness.

Contributing factors for this month's activity:

• • Likely that cancellation of Getaway contributed to reduction of membership renewals

  • Membership Renewal Letters are sent out monthly to members whose memberships lapsed last month or will lapse this month or next month.

  • No new or renewed memberships from Troubadour or other venues.

  • Membership links are now included in all Acoustic Stayaway Concert emails and concert chats. There has resulted in a steady increase in new memberships.

• Membership links will be posted to The Folk Project (NJ) and The Folk Project group Facebook pages.

Rosters in PDF and Excel formats are attached to this message. Please note: rosters include active members and lapsed members within last year.

Respectfully submitted,

Gary Pratt

Membership chair

The Folk Project