SGI-USA losing members, having to resort to creative accounting just to claim numbers

Back about 2003, I was at a big Soka Spirit (that's the "We Hate The Temple" group, which I was working to change from the inside into something more Buddhist and less Jr. High) meeting up in the Los Angeles area. The featured speaker was the former YWD national leader, whom I'll refer to as "MM". I don't know if I can post her actual name, if she's considered a public figure to the point that the SGI's legal department wouldn't release the hounds on me.

Anyhow, she opened her comments with "I my 25 years of practice, I've helped over 400 people get their gohonzons!" WILD applause! "Do you know how many are still practicing? TWO." Awkward silence.

Think back to the many Discussion Meetings you attended. Of the various guests who attended over the months or years, how many ended up joining? My answer: Zero. I can't even remember if any of the guests even came back for a second Discussion Meeting!