Membership
Membership Goals
The responsibilities of the Membership Director as
delineated in the Club By-Laws;
The membership director shall be the chairman of the
membership committee. The
responsibilities for this position shall be:
(a) Development of a growth
program specifically for the club and presented to the board of directors for
approval.
(b) Regular encouragement
at club meeting to bring in new quality members.
(c) Ensuring proper
recruitment procedures.
(d) Preparation and
implementation of orientation sessions.
(e) Reporting to the board
of directors on ways to reduce the loss of members.
(f) Coordination with other
club committees in fulfilling these responsibilities.
(g) Serving as a member of
the zone level membership committee.
Goals:
1. RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS:
Host a
Lions Open House. Twice
a year, organize an Open House, where Lions Members can invite friends,
neighbors, co-workers and other potential Lions. This would be a social event, with light
refreshments. There would be no formal
presentation about the Lions, but would be a casual event. There could be Lions Brochures and talk about
the community projects we are planning for the upcoming Lions Year, along with
previous events. The end of the year cook out would be a great opportunity to
host this event.
Create
Portable Recruitment Packs for each club member. Develop a packet for each club member that
contains the Lions Application From, Club Brochure, and Club Member Business
Card with meeting date/time/location on the back, as well as the url to our
blog and how to find us on Facebook. Encourage
members to keep the packet in their car, in their gym bag, in their reusable
shopping bag so they always have the information available when the opportunity
arises.
Go
Digital. Publicize our community involvement on social
media. We already have a Facebook page,
but how many of our members have Facebook accounts? If you have a FB account,
be sure you ‘Like’ the club page. Post
our community events well in advance, and invite people you know through
FB. After the event, forward pictures
you may have taken to the Club Secretary for posting.
Wear
the Lions Club Membership Pin. Wear the pin every day in a prominent place
– where it will easily be noticed. Be
prepared with your ‘Elevator Speech’ when asked ‘what is that pin and what are
the Lions? What do you DO?’
Hold
Training Events. Invite members of the Lions GMT to our
meeting to hold a training event on how to recruit new members. Training combined with scenarios and
practicing talking to new people about Lions Club will encourage club members
to recruit new members.
2. REDUCE LOSS OF MEMBERS:
Reach
Out. Members of the club will periodically contact
members that do not frequently attend meetings to keep them abreast of what the
club is doing and encourage coming to meetings. Contact of members that do not
attend meetings is the purview of not only the team leaders for their group –
any club member can make contact. If you
have sponsored someone who has not attended a meeting in a while, reach out to
them. Invite them back or to a service
project we may be working on that you think they would be interested in.
3. NEW MEMBER INVOLVMENT: It is the responsibility of ALL club members
to ensure new members are actively involved in club activities. Learn about what interests the new member may
have, think about events we may have on the calendar, or what committees we
need help with and encourage them to participate.
Membership Goal Statements:
Thalia Lions Club intends to
recruit one new member per month from August – May of Lions Year 2016 – 2017
for a total of 10 new members.
Thalia Lions Club intends to
retain 100% current membership during Lions Year 2016-2017.
Irene Conlin
Membership Chair
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