Welcome to the 2011-2012 membership page. It is specifically designed to help club presidents and membership committee chairs in their efforts to recruit and retain quality members.  As it develops it will provide useful information covering a wide variety of membership-related topics, to include:

• Recruiting potential members (Click here for the text of Cliff Dochterman's ground-breaking speech on recruiting new members)
• Inducting new members (Click Here for a suggested induction ceremony)
• Orienting new members (Click Here for the district SPUR--Special Program for Understanding Rotary booklet)
• Retaining new members (Click Here for the most recent district membership retention briefing)
• Starting new clubs (Club Extension) (Click Here for the most recent district extension briefing)
• Membership in general (Click here for Greg Podd's Membership Seminar given at the 2010 District Conference)
• Membership e-Training August 28, 2010 (Click Here--File is audio-only and will take some time to download)

Click Here for the July, 2010, district newsletter, which focuses on membership.

The 2011-12 District 5520 Membership Development Committee:

Bruce Bortner (Albuquerque)
2011-12 District Membership Development Committee Chair
banjobruce04@yahoo.com
Cell:  505-239-1084

PDG Rick Akins (Rio Rancho)
rakins@donchalmersford.com
cell: 505-235-9024

James Morrison (Albuquerque)
2009-10 District Extension Chair
james@juarez.info
Cell : 915-274-8654

Michael McDonald
2011-2012 District Retention Chair
mike@FundraisingNewMexico.com
cell: 771-2353

Shirley Anderson
2011-2012 District membership Recognitions and Awards Chair
shirleya@klingerllc.com
Work: 505-856-8201

North Area--Jill McQueary (Farmington)
jmcq2@yahoo.com
cell: 505-860-5165

South Area--Beth Newman (El Paso)
Membership Extension Committee Member
foxyladyjb@netzero.net
Cell: 915-422-5542