Go to http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm
click on "growth/expansion"
then click on "12.20.99"
you will find this
Jehovah's Witnesses continued to grow in 1999 Jehovah's Witnesses continued to see their membership grow in 1999, according to their annual report, which will be released in the January 1, 2000, issue of The Watchtower. The complete report will be available on-line after January 15, 2000, at www.jw-media.org
So I looked for the complete annual report for 1999 but could not find it. The only report I found was for 2006 but it is NOT a complete report. It does not show publisher increases or decreases or pioneers. It can be found here
http://www.watchtower.org/e/statistics/worldwide_report.htm
I would expect the Feb 1st 2008 wacktower to either omit the annual report for 2007 or use the dumbed down version. The Feb 15 kool-aid issue should have the detailed annual report as usual (or will it?).
I reformatted the dumbed down 2006 report http://www.mediafire.com/?3sgmez1aryx
As a side point . Will the November 1st 2008 wacktower be soliciting money from the general public in the annual "put us in your will" article or will that article be in the Nov 15th only?