Here’s where the information gets foggier, and is both more important, and harder, to verify.
The USA Cycling website shows:
NC Clubs = 74 (59 USAC/USCF, 12 NCCA SE, 3 NORBA)
SC Clubs = 25 (18 USAC/USCF, 4 NCCA SE, 1 USPRO, 2 NORBA)
And the available data dumps from USA Cycling are *less* complete and accurate, apparently, than the ones posted on the site…
Here some of the most important metrics we need to track. Which clubs are promoting events? Only clubs that participate in promoting and organizing races are eligible to vote in our association. And only clubs that promote and organize races are entitled to seek sponsorship and place sponsor information on their jerseys…
Right now there are about forty clubs that are eligible to vote. In looking over the records, I see several instances of clubs who are not on the eligible list, but apparently have sponsored teams, which means they might essentially be picking the pockets of the rest of us…
Keeping track of how many clubs we have, how many members they have, and how many events they put on, is a non-trivial task, especially when you include the necessity of keeping up with current contact information. I’ll be happy when I can hand over this task to our secretary (and maybe some helpful backend web gizmos…).
As I said in an earlier post, clubs are the engines that make Association growth possible. Keeping track of their health and progress is crucial in measuring our success.