XF 1.1 Display Current Member Count In Notice/Forum Introduction?

[TheBigK]

We typically display quick forum introduction and boast our member strength through the notice. With vB, we manually update it after every 1000 new additions. For example, our notice at the top of forum may show -

120,000 members have already registered! What's stopping you?

I would like this number to automatically update along with new member registrations. I see this implemented on DaniWeb (they're on vB, I guess). Possible with XenForo?

 

[Paul B]

That variable ({xen:number $boardTotals.users}) isn't available for use in notices.

 

[TheBigK]

That variable ({xen:number $boardTotals.users}) isn't available for use in notices.

Umm, is there a way to get it work there?