PDG Larry Petrash, District 5790 Membership Chair

Mission Statement

District 5790 membership team will make a concerted effort to recruit new members and retain current ones. This ongoing process is essential to supporting our district.  Our clubs will be offered team membership training though District Training Seminars and other activities to help in this process.

District Chair - Larry Petrash, District Membership Chair
                             You can contact Larry by clicking his name and sending an e-mail.

District 5790 Three-Year Membership Plan CONTENTS (see full document in downloads - upper left):

A. The Club Membership Committee

 

B.  Member Responsibility in Recruitment Efforts

C.  Benefits of increasing membership

D.  Recruiting across Classifications

E.  Identifying Qualified Prospective Members

F.  Inviting More Women and Younger Professionals

G.  Suggestions for Approaching Prospective Members

H.  Starting the Conversation…Three Scenarios

I.  Overview of this proposed plan

  1. Club “partners” visit candidates…Competitive Teams of 4 members
  2. Focus on “Third Week guest day”.. know program of interest for that day
  3. Each candidate given a Rotary Club packet during his/her visit
  4. Follow-up invitation to join letter quickly to approved candidates             

J.  The 5-Minute Membership Survey

K.  Membership Growth and Recruiting Thoughts

L.   Prospect and New Member Development Tools

M.  Use of Charts to Grow & Retain Members

N.  The Use of Publicity to Grow Clubs

O.  Starting New Clubs

P.  Wrapping It Up

Q.  Supplement:  Planning Items Not to Overlook

 

 

HERE ARE THE ITEMS YOU WANT TO INCLUDE in your membership plan:

                        ·        GOAL

·        THEME

·        YOUR STORY…ie MEMBERSHIP MINUTE

·        BE MY GUEST CARDS

·        ROTARY COINS

·        REWARDS--------PINS “I SHARED ROTARY”

·        VISITOR PACKET…ie BLUE FOLDER INFORMATION

·        TRACKING VISITOR & NEW MEMBER SYSTEM

·        FORMAL INVITATION LETTER TO JOIN ROTARY

·        CHART:  CONGRATULATIONS NEW ROTARIAN

·        ROTARY SPONSOR PINS

·        MENTOR

·        RED BADGE PROGRAM

·        NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION

·        MEMBERSHIP CLUB ASSEMBLY

 

 See the downloads in the upper left hand corner of this site page.