I’ve never thought of myself as a statistics sort of person….
Apparently I am. Fact is I am the first in my area to get there stats entered on the statistics website consistently from month to month.
I am struggling to understand why this is so difficult for some of the reporters to keep up with. Some of the possible reasons are;
A failure of district leaders to report
Resistance toward perceived number-keeping
Forgetfulness
Language barriers within organizational units
You see, the way it works is that there is a two month reporting period. At the end of the month all districts should have reported in and within a week or so the chapter stats admin should have all the different statistics entered on the webpage. Shortly after this the area level finalizes the report and we begin again in the new two-month period.
What irks me is that now I can’t enter my stats for July because May/June hasn’t been finalized! It’s maddening really.
Does anyone have anything to add to this? Is it just natural for me, but not for others? This new membership care program is at the heart of everything that we believe in. I want to see it succeed where others have failed…
Input please!
Donald out…
Donald -
I can only make a couple of comments here, as I am no longer an SGI member. One thing I can say are that back when statistics was my responsibility (for district, then chapter, then area) I would have greatly loved to have had a program to use. I was doing the whole thing, at first by hand, and later in an excel spreadsheet I developed myself.
The second thing is that I found that not many people understand the uses and utility of such statistics, and so are not wildly enthusiasitc about doing what seems to them unimportant drudgework. Also, some people dislike statistics especially if they are used in ways that don't feel positive to that individual. If my district continually runs low or last, I may not be too excited about reporting my numbers, etc.
I normally wouldn't comment on internal SGI matters from my current perspective, but you did ask for input, so there you are.
Namaste, Engyo Mike Barrett
Posted by: Engyo Mike Barrett at July 25, 2006 05:02 AM