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The membership development program includes activities aimed at recruiting, assimilating/educating and retaining active Rotarians.

People join to serve, but stay because of friendships and contacts.

Primary goal for the year:   Grow to a net membership of 60 by July 1.

Action items planned:

Outreach (recruitment)

• Develop a continued outreach campaign
• Recruitment process
• Induction ceremony

•     Red badge program
•     Active mentoring
•     Involve the new member in activities immediately (assign to committee)
•     Orientation/education (Fireside Chats…orientations)

Retention

•     Show “we care” — attention to member needs: follow up on absenteeism (is there a problem?); acknowledge illnesses, special times in members‘ lives (ie. birthdays)
•     Recognition — achievements, good work
•     Club socials — at least 4 during the year, starting with the traditional Dick Lawe Fish Fry and ending with the also traditional President’s Demotion Party.
•     Exit interviews (why do they leave?)

Leadership development

•     Train/prepare the next generation of club leaders (ie. Rotary Leadership Institute; nurturing of members new to chairing projects — don’t toss them to the wolves; promoting concept of vice chairs for committees, avenues of service