Membership The Lifeblood of Our Order

1. MembershipThe Lifeblood of Our Order British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

2. Vision Statement • We as Eagles, have the fraternal obligation to continue our “People Helping People” ideals. • Membership growth can only occur by having dedicated members set goals and follow through with their plans to achieve these goals. British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

3. Goal and Objective • State Your Goal • The first objective is to get more active members than last year! Last Year: ________ This Year’s Goal: ________ British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

4. Recommending a Strategy • 1. Be sure that your local Aerie has a Membership Chairman. • 2. Begin a Re-Enrollment Campaign. • 3. Look into the possibility of a New Aerie. • 4. Utilize the Provincial Bulletin. • 5. Assign Prov. Officers/Chairmen to assist reporting Aeries. • 6. Remember EMOALONMTHAEY! British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

5. Recommending a Strategy (cont.) • 7. Motivate Others! a) Inertia - the concept that shows that a person in motion stays in motion and an idle person stays idle. b) Change habits - Studies show that a habit is formed by doing the same thing over a 21 day period. c) Self-Motivators -Things that motivate you to motivate others. [I can and do make a difference!] d) Negatives - Negative people will make the most positive person in the world negative, if you stay and listen. Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want. British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

6. Available Options • Change of attitudes and activities. • Advertise yourself to other organizations. (Police & firemen, teachers, etc.) • Go to the public. [Don't always make them come to you.] • Go to your city council meeting and advise the city leaders of what the Eagles have done for your community. British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

7. Available Options (cont.) • Have contests within your own Aerie. (Officers vs. members at meetings for the next 2 weeks, etc.) • Remember to use the national charities as a selling point. • ALWAYS mention the Memorial Foundation. British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

8. Recommendation • The thing to always remember is that a Positive Mental Attitude can achieve anything, because it is CONTAGIOUS! • Make it FUN. Don't take it so seriously! • Have one month set aside for a membership drive in each local Aerie. • Remember that the best way for us to predict the future is to create it ourselves. British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

9. Use a Quotation • “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. It is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead • “The challenge for every organization is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another...because the question is usually not how well each person works, but how well they work together.” – Vince Lombardi British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

10. Tell a Personal Story • Why you joined the Eagles • Your proudest moment • The most memorable event at your Aerie British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

11. Why Choose ‘The Eagles’? • Other organizations are waning in their range of activity, and their membership is in decline—The Fraternal Order of Eaglesgrows by twenty new Aeries and 100,000 members per year. • The Eagles member for twenty minutes has the same rights and privileges as the member of twenty years. • Liberty, Truth, Justice and Equality are not merely jargon to Eagle members—these concepts represent what we support and believe. British Columbia Aerie Membership Department

12. The Fraternal Order of Eagles From the Preamble to the Constitution: “To unite fraternally for mutual benefit, protection, improvement, social enjoyment, association…to promote the general welfare… to promote and raise funds for charities and to contribute to worthwhile causes.” Come Join Us…sign-up today! British Columbia Aerie Membership Department