Membership Development Committee

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Membership Seminar Summary

We had a nuts and bolts practical membership seminar that was attended by about 50 Rotarians from about 24 clubs.

The Following summary files are for you to consider for your club:
Hello Everyone.doc - summarizes the files
Blissfield Membership Plan.doc
Fun.xls
Good Meeting Elements.xls
Key Items.xls
Membership Retention.doc
Retention.xls
Rotary Club of Livonia.doc
Rotary Club of Livonia.html
Rotary Club of Windsor Roseland - Red - Blue Badge Program

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Club	Chartered	Yrs. Old
Detroit	1910	94
Windsor (1918)	1918	86
Adrian Noon	1921	83
Wayne	1922	82
Dearborn	1923	81
Hamtramck	1924	80
Monroe	1924	80
Plymouth	1924	80
Northville	1926	78
Flat Rock	1928	76
Tecumseh	1928	76
Amherstburg	1933	71
Blissfield	1934	70
Essex	1934	70
Carleton	1936	68
Leamington	1936	68
Grosse Pointe	1937	67
Harrow	1937	67
Rockwood	1937	67
Trenton	1937	67
Belleville	1938	66
Huron Township	1939	65
Romulus	1939	65
Wyandotte	1939	65
Clinton	1940	64
Cottam	1940	64
Garden City	1940	64
Bedford Twp.	1945	59
Livonia	1945	59
Taylor	1945	59
Allen Park	1947	57
Grosse Ile	1947	57
Lincoln Park	1949	55
Gibraltar	1956	48
Harper Woods	1958	46
Redford	1960	44
Dearborn Heights	1964	40
Westland	1966	38
Windsor-St. Clair	1975	29
Woodhaven & Brownstown	1975	29
Canton	1977	27
Windsor-Roseland	1981	23
Fairlane Sunrise	1984	20
Livonia AM	1988	16
Southgate	1990	14
Grosse Pointe Sunrise	1991	13
Belle River	1995	9
Plymouth AM	1997	7
Adrian Morning	1999	5
Detroit AM	2000	4
		2722

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Does your Club have a plan?

What is membership development?

The three essential elements of membership growth are:
* the retention of existing members
* the proposal of new members
* extension of Rotary through the formation of new clubs.

These three elements are equally important, as illustrated by this simple membership equation:
New Members + Retaining Members (retention) + New Clubs (extension) = Membership

SEE MEMBERSHIP DOWNLOAD PAGE
GO TO MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IDEAS
GO TO MEMBERSHIP RETENTION
GO TO STAR PROGRAM (Special Training for Action in Rotary)
GO TO MENTOR WORKSHEET

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Retention of existing members require implementing an internal club plan. It is a lot easier for a club to retain an existing member that recruit a new member.

See Delmar Sisler's excellent RETENTION list of practical items that can be in your plan! Ask him to come to your club to give a presentation on Membership Retention

Does your plan include: A Friend - Mentor, An Assignment, Nourishment - Education?

Will the Mentor be the best experienced Rotarian who has good attendance and has a working knowledge of Rotary Club and District?
The Mentor is not necessarily the sponsor.
There are great Rotarians who can sell Rotary and ask to people to join.
There are other great Rotarians who can nuture new Rotarians to achieve success.

Will the assignment be meaningful projects that meet the members needs?
Are the projects set up to build self esteem in Rotary?
Are you willing to change assignments to help guarantee success for the Rotarian and Rotary Club?
Does your club publicize your service projects to help new Rotarians be successful? Do you have recognitions for a job well done?
Do you make a new Rotarians family a part of your Rotary Club?
Do you encourage business networking that references ethical business practices?

Does member nourishment include Rotary International Resources, meaningful Club Assemblies, participation in Club Seminars and Fireside Events?
Do you participate in our District New Member Seminars?
Do you involve the new member in Internet education?
Do you have simple but effective tailor made Power Point or CDs Club information?
Do you have a survey member on club issues?
Do you have regular review of club activities?

GO TO MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PAGE
GO TO MEMBERSHIP RETENTION
GO TO MEMBERSHIP EXTENSION