A commissioner was hired and a plan for membership growth was established.

With costs rising, many managed care companies have relied on rapid membership growth to raise revenues and profits.

But an expansion in their number within a particular church typically signifies membership growth.

Much of the membership growth, however, came through affiliation rather than new member organizing.

They are responsible for new membership growth and existing membership retention.

Because of the good international results and the membership growth, the old clubhouse wasn't big and modern enough.

By 1997, however, most of the association's state battles had been won and its membership growth had slowed to about 12 percent a year.

He acknowledges unspecified "mistakes," then talks about the organization's membership growth.

Every year the club has seen membership growth and in the 2012/13 season a record membership of 250 was recorded.

The next target of membership growth was 100,000 members in 2004.