Anyone know what the 15 biggest squadrons are? (or at least the biggest)

Started by James Hutchinson, August 16, 2019, 04:05:52 AM

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Ozzy

Hey, can we get this in Excel form? Makes it a little easier to get the wanted data.
Quote from: etodd on August 23, 2019, 02:17:14 PM

...It let me know that size doesn't always equate to better. It would be good to see another column in the spreadsheet for average number attending meetings and events. My squadron is several down from being at the top in member numbers in our Wing, and have quite a few that do not attend, but keep sending in dues as their way of 'helping'...

Right. My unit is down to 19 cadets on the roster from "31" that was there August 31st last year.... and we recruited about 7 since then and had three transfer in.

Sounds kind of bad, except out of the 19 on the roster, all are active and show up (Okay, except for the new college kids but that's different). We have 16/19 that have been to encampment, 16/19 with at least one O-flight, and we're gearing up to do an Open House and "Great Start" program in September. Hopefully recruit 6 or 7 cadets through that. We'll get back to a larger cadet corps, it just will take a while building but my goal for this next QCUA year is to get us to 35 but in a way that keeps us building high quality cadets.
Ozyilmaz, MSgt, CAP
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FLWG Winter Encampment 19

THRAWN

Wow. EIGHT on the list from NJ Wing, including my old command. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
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NIN

Its pretty amazing that VA has 5 squadrons in the top 20.

:)

Oh, and my unit is #18. w00t!

People will poo-pooh a large unit, but I'm here to tell you: size has its advantages when it comes to spreading the wealth, activity, operations, etc.

The reason I capped this list at units > 50 members was that I didn't want to publish the whole list and have everybody laughing at "the little guys" which make up a huge number of units.
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NIN

Quote from: etodd on August 23, 2019, 02:17:14 PM
It would be good to see another column in the spreadsheet for average number attending meetings and events.

That would be nice.

But several factors come into play, because even in a perfect world, the data would be skewed.  Why?

  -- Units don't always take/enter attendance into the app via eServices at things outside of meetings.  Bivouacs, sq trips, ES missions, conferences, etc, don't always "make it" into the attendance system. For example, there was no real easy way for me to get everybody who attended our Wing Conference into the attendance system without hand-keying. Nope.
  -- Some people who are otherwise extremely active, don't come to every meeting where attendance is taken. Example: I had THREE CAP events this week that I attended. At only ONE was the attendance app used.  What happens if I show up to different squadrons in my wing during a month and they're already done accounting for everybody in the attendance app? Or they don't even use the attendance app. So I miss out, and my squadron (to which I am assigned) has a member who it looks like he's not very "active," when nothing could be further from the truth.
  -- Some units have eshewed the attendance app entirely as "too cumbersome." So they still keep track on paper. Paper is always charged and always has a connection to its database.

Never mind that the aggregate data is not available at the unit, group or wing level.

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baronet68

Quote from: NIN on August 23, 2019, 05:11:26 PM
Its pretty amazing that VA has 5 squadrons in the top 20.

:)

Oh, and my unit is #18. w00t!

People will poo-pooh a large unit, but I'm here to tell you: size has its advantages when it comes to spreading the wealth, activity, operations, etc.

The reason I capped this list at units > 50 members was that I didn't want to publish the whole list and have everybody laughing at "the little guys" which make up a huge number of units.

Taking your great work and mutilating it to fit my own evil plans for global domination (top 50 positions and where WAWG fits into that), it looks like your unit is tied for 14th.  Mine is tied for 46th place.

Michael Moore, Lt Col, CAP
National Recruiting & Retention Manager

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PhoenixRisen

Quote from: NIN on August 23, 2019, 01:16:13 PM
Late to the party, had to score the datas.

See the attached. This listing is units with 50 or more "active" members (not patrons), not school squadrons.

The data was current as of 31 July 2019

Woah.  TIL... I'm the CDC of the fourth largest unit in CAP.

No wonder I have so much grey hair at 27.....  :o