Sept. 3 Area Conference Call Minutes

With dues coming due in the next month, we discussed some of the things we can do to retain members. Here are some of the things call participants mentioned they're doing to support member retention:

• direct contact (phone calls, emails) with members through the VPM or mentors. 
• sending around a questionnaire to ask members about their education goals. 
• special meetings and events to bring in new members and add value to existing ones. 
• walking members through a process to set-up their own 6-month goal plans, which could be used by VPE throughout the 6 months to keep up with the member, and which can be referenced at the next dues period to help the member see their benefits/accomplishments. 

We ended on this food for thought:
All of our clubs are facing similar retention and membership building issues.

What can we as an area do to pool resources, time to help everyone tackle this issue of membership retention?

In time for the October 8th call, think about challenges, questions, or ideas that we as an area might be able to work on.