What’s the Future of SCIP and the Competitive Intelligence Profession?

Ellen Naylor wrote a thoughtful blog post, What’s the Future of SCIP and the Competitive Intelligence Profession?. I've been active in AIIP (one of SCIP's perceived competitors) for 20 years, and have watched as SCIP grew very rapidly and then seemed to founder. My impression had always been that SCIP suffered from high membership churn, because (as Ellen points out) most members don't identify as full-time CI professionals and IMO because most CI people are moving through the corporate ranks and not intending to make it a career.