For me, the number is 3. For various reasons, none of those 3 decided to join. However, I also know that my simple act of asking 3 people in an entire year is outside the norm based on informal surveys.
So, that being said:
How many people have you invited to CAP meetings this year?
None none so far, but as the C/CC, I'm going to issue a challenge to the rest of the cadets to ask at least two people to attend the trial meetings. If they get two to join, they get the recruiter's ribbon. The one that gets the most may get a certificate or something. I'm going to include myself in this challenge, without being eligible for the contingent reward. :( It would look awkward giving myself a star to put on my recruiter's ribbon.
I honestly don't know - I stopped worrying about those numbers once I got my senior recruiting ribbon a few years ago. My bigger concern is for my members to invite visitors and make them feel welcome, which they have been doing great at recently.
I seldom invite my personal friends and colleagues other than a few close people. While I might say "Swing by sometime" to someone I'm not so close with, I don't usually like throwing my name around as one of those people who say "This is my friend...such and such...and he's interested in joining." I don't want to hold the responsibility for recommending someone who doesn't turn out to be as quality of a person in CAP as they are as just a friend, and I don't usually like getting involved in the business end of things with friends when it comes to work-related tasks.
On that note, we have been a very open squadron in inviting people from our community to attend through flyers and open house events. We usually get at least one or two people to drop in every month or so to check things out, but that doesn't always mean it's what they hoped it would be. It's hard to show all the good stuff CAP has to offer over a two hour meeting where we might not have an agenda expecting a drop-in. Random recruitment is a hard one, especially when it comes to Senior Members. Kids are easier to recruit, but harder to retain. Seniors are easier to retain but harder to recruit.
I invited two or three but only one showed up. And the night he chose happened to be a night when the IG (or a rep, I wasn't at that particular meeting) was down having a meeting. Wasn't quite the first impression I was hoping he'd get.
I have invited 6, only one showed up and he joined.