IT IS “FEZtastic” TO BE HERE!!

1. IT IS “FEZtastic” TO BE HERE!!

2. MEMBERSHIP SUCCESS ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE??

3. THE ANSWER HAS TO BE YES!!

4. CHANGE • OUR ATTITUDE • THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX • WORK HARDER FOR MEMBERSHIP

5. VEGETARIANS MY FOOD POOPS ON YOUR FOOD

6. Membership January 1, 2010 171230 You are losing approx 29 Members per day

7. Men who joined since 2002 Past 8 years 9,328 MEMBERS DEMITTED/ NPD

8. 2009 Year Start 192,859 Initiations 2,652 Restorations 2,103 Suspensions/ 7,807 Demits Deaths 7,692 Year End 182,142 Net Loss -10,717 DOWN over 2008 (-375) UP Over 2008 +1008 UP over 2008 + 268 Downover 2008(-65) Down from 2008 DOWN over 2008 (-373)

9. MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT IS YOUR VALLEY DOING ITS PART? ARE YOU WORKING FOR MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT?

10. MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT EXPECTATIONS GOALS RESULTS

11. Webster’s Dictionary EXPECTATION The anticipation of an occurrence or outcome

12. Webster’s Dictionary GOAL The end toward which effort is directed

13. Webster’s Dictionary RESULT “A consequence or conclusion”

14. BELIEVE YOU CAN!!

15. Henry Ford “If you think you can – you can. If you think you can’t -you’re right.”

16. Thomas Edison “If we did the things we are capable of we would astound ourselves.”

17. IDEAS IDENTIFY IMPORTANT AREAS DEVELOP QUALITY PROGRAMS IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS MEASURE SUCCESS

18. Valley Dues TODAY – 500 MEMBERS $75 / year

19. Valley Dues 2020 – 250 MEMBERS $200 / year

20. Per Capita Tax WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE IN THE YEARS AHEAD!!

21. Valley Dues 2020 – 250 MEMBERS $250 / year

22. FINANCES - FUTURE • Expenses will continue to RISE • Revenues will DECREASE unless dues are INCREASED • Loss of membership because of dues increases

23. WHAT’S NEEDED???? IMPROVEMENT BY EVERYONE

24. Up until NOW NO EXPECTATIONS NO GOALS FEW RESULTS

25. NEED 5 YEAR PLAN EXPECTED IMPROVEMENT INITIATIONS – SUSPENSIONS RESTORATIONS MENTORIING REWARDS

26. THE PLAN WILL WORK IF YOU BELIEVE IT WILL WORK!!

30. GOLD MEMBERSHIP AWARD Lower Delaware Aroostook Middletown

31. MEMBERSHIP AWARD What about the rest?? 100 VALLEYS

32. Yogi Berra “You got to be careful if you don’t know where you are going because you might not get there.”

33. Thomas Jefferson “I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”

34. THE SILVER BULLET

36. SILVER BULLET • BLUE LODGE RELATIONS • Know your Grand Master and support him • Attend Lodge regularly • Shared activities that are designed to build trust • Offer Scottish Rite program at lodge • Send monthly communication to area lodges from Valley • Appoint Masonic Lodge Ambassadors from Valley

37. Membership Essentials • Recruitment • Retention - Mentoring • Restoration • Blue Lodge Relations • Philanthropy Story • Technology

38. MEMBERSHIP IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH AND EVERY MEMBER TO BE A PART OF THE VALLEY MEMBERSHIP EFFORT!!

39. Membership Development • Recruit quality men of good character who support family, community, and country • There are 1.5 million Masons in United States – only approx 30% of them are Scottish Rite Masons • Expose Scottish Rite quality values, features and benefits to these men

40. THE TIME IS NOW!! • LESS than 185,000 members in Northern Jurisdiction • Losing many of our old good members • MUST COMMIT TO MEMBERSHIP Manpower – Money – Time - Programs

41. THE FUTURE OF SCOTTISH RITEIS IN YOUR HANDS • MUST RECOMMIT TO MEMBERSHIP • MUST DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY • FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!!

42. THE FUTURE OF SCOTTISH RITEIS IN YOUR HANDS GREAT ORGANIZATION SHARE IT WITH OTHERS TELL YOUR PHILANTHROPIC STORY

44. CAN YOU DO IT?? IS IT WORTH IT??

45. YES

47. Membership is HARD WORK!!

49. GO HOME – ICE YOUR MEMBERS

50. Isn't it great to be a Scottish Rite - Mason?