I feel sad about the turnout at the last couple of WRJ monthly meetings.  I tracked the turnout during the time that I was president, and we always had more attendance in the fall than the spring.  The numbers this fall have been more like the usual spring turnout.  Such a shame, because the programs are terrific.  Everything I've been involved with at Concord seems to suffer from the same problem - it's really difficult to sustain involvement.  I don't know if there's any magic bullet - more communication is better, and certainly personal contact helps.  But even with that, everything seems to lose momentum after an inital burst of interest.  Discouraging.