Mc Hinson, I don't know if the age was made up or not but an example of my research (by RW Burgess Administrator) http://forums.aaca.org/f127/youth-membership-203699.html Despite our best efforts, we're not reaching enough young people to increase our membership. I have just returned from the Syracuse Nationals observing the "other" side....and participating. I met up with my Oneita Lake counterpart, Paul Beyer, and had dinner one evening. Naturally the club membership problem came up. His region has about 75 members, and Paul is the youngest at 65 (?) years of age.