The new Distinguished District Program requires 40% of base clubs to be distinguished (goes into effect July 1, 2012). How’s your district doing so far this year, 1/4 of the way through? Here’s the answer:
http://mikeraffety.com/DDP-DCP.html
I believe I have a reasonable way to measure that success, without having to wait for April dues to post, and it’s really surprising how well districts are doing with this goal. I’ve written a program to:
- Calculate the number of distinguished clubs needed for each district (40% of start-of-year club base)
- Identify the clubs farthest along in the DCP (most goals earned to date)
- Add up their goals (but capped at 5 goals per club, since a club with 7 goals doesn’t help a club with 3 goals be distinguished)
- Divide that total goals by 5 times the number of distinguished clubs needed
- The resulting percentage should hit 100% exactly when the district achieves the 40% distinguished clubs goal.
Except that there’s also that membership requirement for the DCP. So I’ve counted up the number of members that those clubs (making up the 40%) are short of whatever is required for them to be distinguished (+5 or >=20 members) and show that as well. This number isn’t terribly meaningful until April dues are posted, of course; we only lose members twice a year, April 1 and Oct. 1.
D84 (north and central Florida) is already 63% of the way there! 11 districts are at least halfway there, and almost every district (80 of 82) is over 25%. It will be very interesting to see how these numbers evolve in the coming months!
Feedback and comments are appreciated!