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usitt Membership report
By Martha Marking, VP for Members Sections & Chapters
and David Grindle, usitt Executive Director

2007/2008 Total Paid Members - 3,825
3% 1% 3%
7%

Contributing - 45
14%

Sustaining - 114
Supporting - 546

31%

Individual - 1578
Student - 1182

41%

Professional - 251
Senior - 109

2008/2009 Total Paid Members - 3,887
3% 1% 3%
7%

Contributing - 42
14%

Sustaining - 115
Supporting - 534

33%

Individual - 1507
39%

focus on benefits

Professional - 260

These days, when every dollar is hard to come by, USITT must
continue to show its relevance to our current and potential
members. To that end, we are focused on increasing membership benefits and magnifying those that have long existed. One
new benefit is the option to pay for memberships in installments. Also, we have recently added a new membership level
called Early Career that is designed to make it easier for recently graduated students to remain members or to join USITT.
Saving members money in their work and everyday lives
is always a good thing. To this end we've established some new
cost-saving partnerships with FedEx and FedEx Office, also with
Sally beauty Supply who now recognize USITT members as part
of their ProClub, and we've even been able to arrange discounts
on airfare for the national conference, a service that will continue for each conference city in the future. For 2011, United
Airlines is offering discounts ranging from 5-15% depending
on your city of origin and the method and fare class you book.
You can get more details about transportation discounts from

2009/2010 Total Paid Members - 3,712
3% 1% 3%

Contributing - 43
13%

Sustaining - 109
Supporting - 464

33%

Individual - 1474
Student - 1231

40%

Professional - 262
Senior - 129

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ver the last fifty years, USITT has grown
from a handful of men, mainly in New York, to almost 4,000
women and men who live and work all over the U.S., Canada,
and several other countries. Companies and arts organizations
also belong to USITT. The charts of membership data from
recent years demonstrate a remarkable stability in all types of
membership categories and overall membership totals. looking
at different types of members over the last three years in the pie
charts, we see that companies and arts organizations (Contributing, Sustaining, and Supporting) make up about 11% of total
membership with individuals (including Professional, Student,
and Senior) making up the balance. Even though the numbers
of members in the Individual, Student, and Supporting categories have fluctuated somewhat, the percentages of members in
each category has remained very consistent. As shown in the
bar chart, overall membership over the last ten years has grown
from 3,143 to 3,712-an increase of approximately 20%.

Student - 1308
Senior - 121

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