[AEJMC Newspaper Division list] Updated membership figures

[John Carvalho]

Never let it be said that I did not correct incorrect information in a
previous e-mail.

After I sent my previous e-mail, I heard a reply from Jennifer at the
AEJMC office, with the following info:

"Based on the fiscal year end reports, that has not happened. The June 

2010 figures show Newspaper with 543 members and MCS with 507. I will 

have July figures when I get to Denver.

"It is possible that on a month somewhere along the line that MCS was 

above Newspaper, since we pull numbers every single month. But to  
check that I would have to look at every report for every month, for  
many years.  Just don't have time to do that.

"But that has not happened with the September 30 year-end figures,  
which I do have handy.

"The gap between the two groups has shrunk though -- for example our  
September 30, 2004 figures showed Newspaper with 665 members and MCS  
with 582, a difference of 83. Compare that to the June 2010 figure,  
with a difference of 36."

In a previous e-mail, Jennifer noted that the number for Newspaper "has
dropped through the years as other IGs and divisions have spun out of
Newspaper -- Media Management, CTECH and Civic & Citizen Journalism,"
though we remain AEJMC's oldest and largest division.

As Bill Cassidy said in reply to one of the e-mails, no decision has
been made and no vote has been taken.  The tenor of the previous
discussion on the topic was a little more, um, lively, so we deferred
until now.  

John



John Carvalho
Associate Professor of Journalism
Auburn University
217 Tichenor Hall
Auburn University, AL  36849
334-844-4454 (office)