A Year of BEHIVE, by the Numbers

The current leadership of BEHIVE, the new name for what was previously the New England Hypnosis Group, held its first munch one year ago today. And it's safe to say it's been one of the most exciting years in the 10 year history of the organization. It's hard to describe the feeling of a BEHIVE event these days, let alone how the whole year felt, so let's look at the numbers instead. In the last year we:

• Formed a five person executive committee, and held 16 executive meetings
• Organized 25 erotic hypnosis munches.
• Lost two munch venues, and found three - including two with private back rooms that are our current munch venues!
• Organized 7 study groups, the Hypnic in a park in September, and a halloween party in a dungeon. In addition, a NEDS hypnosis workshop, a meet and greet at the summer Fetish Fair Fleamarket, and co-organized the hypnosis lounge at winter Flea, which had 516 visits.
• Wrote a Consent and Conduct Policy that has been used as a model by at least 2 other groups.
• Wrote, designed and printed 500 copies of the first introduction to erotic hypnosis pamphlet, and distributed them at Charmed and this year's winter Flea.
• Started a Discord server that now has 208 members.
• Started the Koala Box as a post-munch practice activity, and, since we started tracking it last November, had 101 distinct scenes from koala box pulls with many diverse tops.
• Collected 34 consent reports.
• Banned 9 people, and issued 2 official warnings.
• Saw the number of "Yes" munch RSVPs increase year over year by 197% on average (that is to say, doubled). This was echoed in munches growing from an average of 18 people to an average of 27 people. The five biggest munches in the group's ten year history have all been in the last six months.
• Welcomed 106 first-time attendees since July.
• In total, had 710 distinct visits to BEHIVE events, not counting the Fleamarket.

We're grateful for each one of those 710 decisions to come to one of our events, and everything those people brought. There are so many new perspectives and ideas none of us could have imagined when we started, and it is a launchpad for expanding the boundaries of erotic and recreational hypnosis - not to mention having a ton of fun.

We have many new and exciting plans for year 2 of BEHIVE! Just keep an eye out for our announcements. As Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, "It is a better thing to travel hopefully than it is to arrive," and we, the executive committee consisting of @Ellie-Copter, @khatsha, @Lintheatrix, @Divney, and @Undersleeper (with gratitude to founding exec member @Thrallflower!), are very happy to continue travelling hopefully without ever arriving.

Buzz buzz!