| How many koi club members nationwide?
Could it be that the club structure or lack of adherance to it is the limiting factor in bringing koi hobbyists together? How many total numbers of AKCA & ZNA clubs are there? If the number is 120 clubs and each had 150 members (allowing for those with 500 (few) and those with 50 (many)) that would be a whopping 18,000 members nationwide. I suspect the number is less. If each of them spends $1000 per year on koi, goldfish, and water garden related supplies that is $18 million/ year, but surely the hobby is much bigger than that. Could there be weakness in the existing organizations that stand the most to lose if membership doesn't dramatically increase?
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