1	Membership and our Rotary Club Presented by the Technology Task Force Of Rotary International
2	RI Past President Herb Brown… “…the single most effective way we can strengthen our ability to do good in the world is to increase club membership…”
3	Getting and Keeping Members A Rotary Club’s greatest challenge Requiring constant attention from club leadership Needs involvement of club members
4	In the past Our Clubs enjoyed net growth each year New clubs were formed in significant numbers
5	But these last few years Our membership growth has stopped Net membership loss
6	Rotary’s great challenge Membership Getting good members Properly orienting new members Keeping members
7	Our Club and our members Must make an ongoing commitment Cannot just be a “short-term” campaign Identifying good prospective members is “job one”.
8	Proposing a new Member Our whole process of Proposal Classification Approval Orientation Must be monitored and improved
9	Proposing a new member
10	Installing the new Member Should be a great celebration for the new member And also for the club Needs careful planning
11	Orientation and Mentoring New members need information about Rotary Mentoring helps new members for the first few months
12	FIRST LOOK…great resource Internet based learning for new club members Covering some basics of Rotary http://www.frankdevlyn.org/technology/learning
13	New Members Are essential to the life of our club A constant priority for our club Requires full club commitment
14	Attrition….a club’s nightmare!
15	Why do members leave? Some reasons are valid But all too often… Our club fails to meaningfully involve the new member Retaining members is important Of equal importance to getting new members
16	Proactive membership retention Surveying membership Identifying special interests Meaningful assignments Frequent monitoring
17	Every member can help A club atmosphere of fellowship Efforts to be an open and accepting club Sensitive to the interests, needs and attendance of each member
18	Our club goal To bring the very best new members into our club. To develop the new member into a lifetime Rotarian!
19	Rick King – RI President 2001-2002 Membership Development The major objective for the 2001-2002 Rotary year!
20	Getting good new members… and then…. Keeping members
21	Must be set as a high priority for our club…. This year and every year!
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