890 NEW MEMBERS TO DATE

Dear Council and Chapter President:

Congratulations! The 2008 GMT Campaign is taking off - to date we have recruited over 890 new members.

Early last month we announced the top recruiting council and independent chapters in each of the four regions for the 1st Quarter. Remember - A quarterly council winner can not win consecutively but may win two out of the four quarters. The non-aligned Chapters will compete by region for the Top “independent” Recruiter award. Same rules apply - an independent chapter cannot win consecutively but can win two out of the four quarters for which the awards are presented. Each quarter the winning councils and the top independent chapter will receive a $250 campaign incentive.

The “field” is wide open for the second quarter - I hope to see your name listed with the other winners in early July.

This is the time of the year, late April, May and June, to recruit newly commissioned ROTC graduates. In our travels Lee and I observe many of you taking full advantage of this opportunity. I’d encourage you all to seize this opportunity. This is a great program that pays dividends for both the new officers and the chapters.

Again I’d like to emphasize that you dispose of any old green, yellow and life membership 2007 application forms. The 2008 forms have either a F08 or M08 code in the lower right hand corners of the forms - the green form first three digits are M08, the yellow form is F08, and the life member form is M08. The key is all forms include 08 in their code.

New Life Membership Incentive - tell your Chapter members that effective April 1, 2008, they can now call the MSC at 1-800-234-6622 and receive a 10% discount when they convert to a MOAA Life Membership. The chapter will receive Give Me 10! incentive credit for this conversion and the member receives the 10% discount. Please tell your members to specify their chapter affiliation when they call in.

We have attached the 2008 GMT by-state report for the end of April. As in the previous years, the weekly results for the GMT 2008 Chapter reports will be posted to our website on Fridays. The by-state report will go out to Council presidents monthly and also be posted on our website.

Leadership at both the Council and Chapter level continues to be the key to success in our GMT Campaign. Thank you for your continued support.

Barry Wright Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret) Deputy Director, Council and Chapter Affairs Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) 201 N. Washington St. Alexandria, VA 22314-2539 (800) 234-6622 x818; (703) 838-5818; FAX (703) 838-8179 barryw@moaa.org

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