He also said, I mean groups of people who are not answerable to wider collective membership.

Since then, collective membership has been expanding at a steady pace.

The conference is an umbrella organization founded in 1950 that lobbies for 185 groups that have a collective membership of more than 50 million Americans.

The league has a collective membership of about 193,000 women, the highest in its history, and is growing.

A wide range of such organizations were affiliated to the UDC during the war years, with a collective membership of 650,000.

Members elect and serve as the credit union's volunteer board of directors, which establishes and reviews policies, based on what is best for the collective membership.

The band has a policy of open, collective membership, leading to numerous lineups over the years.

In September 2007, Biggleswade United started a bid to become the first English football team to be managed by collective membership via their website.

(An individual could decline to be part of this collective membership.)

At least half a dozen groups meet in Nassau and Suffolk, with a collective membership ranging from 200 to 400 players.