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IT IS “FEZtastic” TO BE HERE!!. MEMBERSHIP SUCCESS ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE??. THE ANSWER HAS TO BE YES!!. CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX WORK HARDER FOR MEMBERSHIP. VEGETARIANS MY FOOD POOPS ON YOUR FOOD. Membership January 1, 2010. 171230.
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IT IS “FEZtastic” TO BE HERE!!
MEMBERSHIP SUCCESS ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE??
CHANGE • OUR ATTITUDE • THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX • WORK HARDER FOR MEMBERSHIP
VEGETARIANS MY FOOD POOPS ON YOUR FOOD
Membership January 1, 2010 171230 You are losing approx 29 Members per day
Men who joined since 2002 Past 8 years 9,328 MEMBERS DEMITTED/ NPD
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)
MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT IS YOUR VALLEY DOING ITS PART? ARE YOU WORKING FOR MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT?
MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT EXPECTATIONS GOALS RESULTS
Webster’s Dictionary EXPECTATION The anticipation of an occurrence or outcome
Webster’s Dictionary GOAL The end toward which effort is directed
Webster’s Dictionary RESULT “A consequence or conclusion”
BELIEVE YOU CAN!!
Henry Ford “If you think you can – you can. If you think you can’t -you’re right.”
Thomas Edison “If we did the things we are capable of we would astound ourselves.”
IDEAS IDENTIFY IMPORTANT AREAS DEVELOP QUALITY PROGRAMS IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS MEASURE SUCCESS
Valley Dues TODAY – 500 MEMBERS $75 / year
Valley Dues 2020 – 250 MEMBERS $200 / year
Per Capita Tax WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE IN THE YEARS AHEAD!!
Valley Dues 2020 – 250 MEMBERS $250 / year
FINANCES - FUTURE • Expenses will continue to RISE • Revenues will DECREASE unless dues are INCREASED • Loss of membership because of dues increases
WHAT’S NEEDED???? IMPROVEMENT BY EVERYONE
Up until NOW NO EXPECTATIONS NO GOALS FEW RESULTS
NEED 5 YEAR PLAN EXPECTED IMPROVEMENT INITIATIONS – SUSPENSIONS RESTORATIONS MENTORIING REWARDS
THE PLAN WILL WORK IF YOU BELIEVE IT WILL WORK!!
GOLD MEMBERSHIP AWARD Lower Delaware Aroostook Middletown
MEMBERSHIP AWARD What about the rest?? 100 VALLEYS
Yogi Berra “You got to be careful if you don’t know where you are going because you might not get there.”
Thomas Jefferson “I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
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
Membership Essentials • Recruitment • Retention - Mentoring • Restoration • Blue Lodge Relations • Philanthropy Story • Technology
MEMBERSHIP IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH AND EVERY MEMBER TO BE A PART OF THE VALLEY MEMBERSHIP EFFORT!!
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
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
THE FUTURE OF SCOTTISH RITEIS IN YOUR HANDS • MUST RECOMMIT TO MEMBERSHIP • MUST DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY • FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!!
THE FUTURE OF SCOTTISH RITEIS IN YOUR HANDS GREAT ORGANIZATION SHARE IT WITH OTHERS TELL YOUR PHILANTHROPIC STORY
CAN YOU DO IT?? IS IT WORTH IT??
Membership is HARD WORK!!
GO HOME – ICE YOUR MEMBERS
Isn't it great to be a Scottish Rite - Mason?