ACHIEVING SUCCESS

Col Lee Lange II, USMC-Ret, Director, MOAA Director Councils and Chapters Affairs, speaking at the May 19th Chapter Presidents Leadership Workshop, Vandenberg Air Force Base, urged chapter presidents to help MOAA National achieve its goal of adding 2600+ new members during 2007.

He said this year’s Give Me 10! Campaign operates from March 1, 2007 through December 31st with all chapters considered to be participating.

“Chapters should focus on the one year free membership for currently serving active duty/Guard/Reserve, two years for the price of one for those retired, former officers, and auxiliaries ($27 for officers; $24 for auxiliaries),” he said. continue reading

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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Members all over California are discovering there are officers in the community who would be interested in membership if they knew about the opportunity.

They often just don’t know a chapter exists.

Membership invitations are going out to officers all over the country, in large part because of the current Give Me 10! program.

It’s possible to review the latest new member numbers both by category and by state by going to the MOAA web base site http://www.moaa.org/. Go to “Community,” click on “Chapters & Councils,” then click on Give Me 10!/New Incentives, and finally click on Give me 10! Recruitment Tracking. continue reading

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MORE THAN 1,800 NEW MEMBERS NATIONWIDE TO DATE

Attached is the July by-state report summary for this year’s Give me 10! Campaign.

As in the past, we are sending this report to Council Presidents and all Chapter Presidents of chapters in states that do not have a council.

With five months completed in the campaign, and five months left to go, you have recruited over 1,800 new members. This continues to be far ahead of last year at this same time. continue reading

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OLDER AND YOUNGER OFFICERS ALIKE FIND MEMBERSHIP ATTRACTIVE

These are a few of the officers who have chosen to accept a MOAA national and sometimes local chapter membership.

These are some of the officers who joined MOAA during the period May 15-June 15, 2007: continue reading

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OFFICERS MIGHT SHOW INTEREST IF THEY HEAR ABOUT MOAA

If you were to ask the question, “Have you ever thought of joining MOAA?” you might get a far away stare. Many officers, particularly junior officers, have never heard of MOAA.

And, once officers do hear about the Association and what it does they often express an interest in membership. In short, there are a lot of officers in the community who would be interested in a local chapter and national membership if they just knew more about the organization and what it does.

So, if you run into an officer somewhere, sometime what do you say? continue reading

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SECRETS FROM THE FIELD

The 42-member Lake Tahoe Chapter decided to take on the 2006 Give Me 10! Campaign competition early in Category I (49 or fewer members), and ended up recruiting a total of 59 new members for national MOAA.

According to LtCol Maurice Roger Leach, USAF-Ret, the chapter also signed up 23 new chapter members.

Leach credits national MOAA for providing a list of names and contact information for potential members. He also used a membership list from another military association, which folded, to identify other officers eligible to join national MOAA and the Lake Tahoe Chapter.

Most effective was the personal approach–calling prospective members and explaining the benefits of membership. The chapter also placed meeting notices in three local newspapers, and each chapter member received two national membership forms and was asked to recruit two officers for the chapter.

Provided By: MOAA

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THE CHALLENGES KEEP COMING!

Apparently there are many officers across California who would be interested in national MOAA and local chapter membership.

Making contact can be difficult at best. continue reading

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PROGRAM STARTING MARCH 1ST WELL UNDERWAY

Earlier this year, Col Lee Lange II, USMC-Ret, Director, MOAA Councils and Chapters Department, sent a letter to all chapter leaders urging full participation in this year’s “Give Me 10!” campaign.

Here’s what he had to say:

Please join us in the 2007 “Give Me 10!” Chapter Recruiting Competition. You’ll be part of an MOAA nationwide campaign to build our membership and strengthen our chapters. With your help we’ll reach our goal of 2,500 new members–and we have terrific incentives to help you get us over the top. No sign up is required–just start recruiting. continue reading

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