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Chapter Growth - National Level

Purpose

  • This award is to be given to Chapters with the most growth in membership.
  • This award is selected by the most growth in membership for that state based on National Membership statistics.

History

  • The Chapter Growth Award was founded in 1996; however, this award has been given since 1993 without appropriate approval from the National Board.
  • Has been given annually since that time.
  • Award has been selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation.
  • Chapter is engraved on a plaque at the National Office.

Qualifications

  • Chapter will have most growth in year.
  • Determined by the comparison of Chapter Growth from the year prior and the current year.
  • Calculated by the increase of both the number of members AND the percentage.
  • Census numbers are taken from the August 1 Census of each year including all member types (students, professional, school, etc).
  • There may be more than one (1) Chapter selected in any given year.