Know thy neighbor!
Draw a large Club Family Tree and post it at
club meetings. On the tree show who has sponsored which members
of the club. Encourage every member to be listed on the family
tree.
Host a Club Alumni night and invite all the
members who have left the club in the past five years. Serve
light refreshments and display photos and mementos of past
service projects and social events. Have the president speak
about plans for future projects. Invite the ADG or Governor
to speak about agenda at the up coming district conference.
Invite the alumni to join the club. Ensure the membership
committee follows up with each alumni. Don’t hesitate
to recommend another club if they cannot make your meeting.
If they still say no, ask to call them again in six months.
Be my guest...
¨ Print “Be My Guest” business
cards or invitations for club members to pass out to potential
members. The Rotary wheel, day, time, and location of the
club's meeting and a blank line for the member's name is
printed on each card. The cards serve as an invitation to
attend a club meeting at the club's expense.
Encourage attendance
Most club newsletter are published on desktops.
Provide your newsletter editor with a complete club membership
e.mail list. Report the attendance record to the the Newsletter
editor each week and have him send an electronic copy of
that week newsletter to members who were not present. A task
that takes less than ten minutes a week It's a win-win situation:
all members are updated on weekly club business, increased
readership makes for a happy newsletter editor, saving on
stamps makes for a happy club treasurer!
Spouses and families are the
Attendance team best friend Take advantage of
celebrated Holidays (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine 'day,
etc.)to invite spouses and families to regular meetings.
They will know first hand what Rotary is about, encourage
and support members to attend regularly. Behind every good
Rotarian there is a dedicated spouse... |
