Yule 1998 Newsletter Members Geography

Being physically out of action over the last few months, I have had plenty of time to think about where the Alliance in NSW is headed, what our goals and aims are, and how best to get these done. Firstly, I had a look at how our membership is spread across NSW, and came up with the following breakdown:

Area				Number of members
Sydney 					60
Newcastle and Hunter Region		21
Southern (Wollongong to Nowra)		16
South Western 				16
West of the Great Divide		12
North Coast				11
Blue Mountains				9
Mid North Coast				5
Central Tablelands			3
ACT 					3
Total					156

As you can see, most of our members are actually based out of Sydney. This makes planning extremely difficult, as it is easier for Sydney people to get to events etc, but they represent less than half of our overall membership. So I decided to go back over the surveys that I received last year, and see how we measured up, and what still needs to be done, especially in regards to our rural members.