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. continue reading

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QUARTERLY AWARD RESULTS

As of April 14, 2008, we have recruited 697 members during the 2008 Give Me 10! (GMT) campaign. We are off to a great start in large part due to your efforts as leaders within your organizations. Our 2008 GMT campaign goal is 3,000 members, and with your continued leadership and support we can reach our goal.

The 1st quarter GMT council winners, along with the number of members they?ve recruited between Jan. 1 and March 31, are as follows:

• Northeast Region: Virginia Council, 247 new members recruited;
• Southeast Region: Florida Council, 25 new members recruited;
• Midwest Region: Texas Council, 90 new members recruited; and
• West Region: Arizona Council, 17 new members recruited.

The independent chapter winners by region are: continue reading

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YEAR OF THE CHAPTER; IT’S ABOUT YOU

At this year’s Council Presidents’ Seminar, we spent several hours discussing the Year of the Chapter with our council and chapter leaders. MOAA chairman Gen. Michael P.C. Carns, USAF-Ret., announced the launch of the Year of the Chapter in the February 2008 issue of Military Officer. This important effort now has been extended to include 2008 and 2009 to allow us to accomplish even more in strengthening our chapter system.

The most important goal during the Year of the Chapter is recruiting new members for our chapter system. In our view, the biggest single group of potential chapter members is the more than 290,000 MOAA non-chapter members. National MOAA will focus on “pushing” these members toward joining a chapter, and we’ll take actions to better complement your own recruiting efforts to “pull” them into chapters - with the end result being a significant increase in new chapter members.

Important to this effort will be refocusing the Give Me 10! program to emphasize new chapter members. Key to this will be incentives to get non-chapter members to join chapters and keep current chapter members in chapters. continue reading

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CALIFORNIA RESULTS NOT IMPRESSIVE

Note: The California new member total so far in 2008 is: 14

The 2008 Give Me 10! (GMT) 1st Quarter results are in! As of 31 March we have recruited 642 members under this year’s GMT campaign. We are off to a great start this year in large part as a result of your efforts as leaders within your organizations. Our 2008 GMT Goal is 3000 and with your continued leadership and support we can reach our goal.

The 1st Quarter 2008 GMT Council winners are: Northeast Region - Virginia Council - 247, Southeast Region - Florida Council - 25, Midwest Region - Texas Council - 90, and West Region - Arizona - 17.

The independent chapter winners by region are: Northeast Region - Southern Maine Chapter - 1, Southeast Region - none, Midwest Region - NE 02 Heartland of America Chapter - 13 and West Region - NV 05 Lake Tahoe Chapter - 9. The regional winning councils and the top independent chapters for the 1st Quarter will each receive a $250 campaign incentive check. continue reading

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COMPETITION RULES AND REGULATIONS

The 2008 Give Me 10! (GMT) recruiting campaign is now in full swing.

In early April, we will recognize the top recruiting council in each of the four regions and present our first set of quarterly awards. Remember, a quarterly council winner cannot win consecutively but may win two out of the four quarters.

Non-affiliated chapters (states with no council) will compete by region for the top “independent chapter” quarterly award. The same rules apply - an independent chapter cannot win consecutively but can win two out of the four quarters awards are presented. Each quarter the winning councils and top independent chapter will receive a $250 incentive.

Make sure you dispose of any old 2007 membership application forms. You can tell the 2008 forms by looking at the code in the lower right-hand corner of the forms. The green form’s 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.

Source: MOAA Chapters: Call to Action

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2008 A GREAT TIME TO REBUILD CHAPTERS

The 2007 “Give Me 10″ results are in. On December 5th, MOAA President VADM Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., USN-Ret, sent a letter to then Council president LtCol Larry Stumpf, USAF-Ret, congratulating CAL-MOAA on being named a quarterly award winner and expressing appreciation for the strong support. But it should be noted that the 2007 results were not that great with a very large percentage of new members coming from a single chapter.

The 2008 “Give Me 10!” campaign started January 1st and this year it’s going to be bigger and better than ever, starting by aiming for 3,000 new national members vs an earlier 2,600 goal. And there will be plenty of incentives to speed success.

Chapter presidents have been sent a special recruitment kit with all the information and resources needed to engage the membership in a massive recruitment effort. There are aids to bring in many new members at the national level and at the chapter level as well.

In a time of declining chapter membership totals, with many chapters close to ruin, it’s time to rebuild. Recruiting success isn’t going to happen automatically. The chapter’s membership chair can’t do the job alone. In 2008, chapters need an effective team approach. A team is needed to motivate, cheer members on, and hold members accountable.

In some places the Lone Ranger, the dark loner, is out riding the range. For chapters today, it’s the Lone Danger. continue reading

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“GIVE ME 10!” 2008 COMING SOON

The 2008 “Give Me 10!” campaign will launch Jan. 1 and will run until Dec. 31, 2008, giving chapters a full year to recruit. This is a change from previous years when we started the new program March 1.

Council and chapter presidents will receive their 2008 Give Me 10! Recruiting Kits this month. Included in the kits are success stories from last year’s effort, rules and incentives for the 2008 campaign, and membership applications. Also, look for a new chapter brochure you can use to get more officers to join your chapter.

Recruiting materials for the 2008 Give Me 10! campaign will be available online Jan. 1, 2008. Bookmark the Give Me 10! Web site http://www.moaa.org/givemeten in your Web browser now, and plan to visit it throughout the 2008 campaign so you can keep up with the latest campaign news.

MOAA Council and Chapter Affairs

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SPEAKING OUT FOR MOAA

Recently a major U.S. Army Reserve unit, the 351st Civil Affairs Command, offered a MOAA member a chance to speak to its officers duing a formation assembly. The intent was to brief the officers on military professional associations and specifically offer MOAA National and local chapter memberships.

It was a time to share the faith.

The assembly was an imposing group of 30 or so field grade officers–lawyers, medical doctors, engineers, educators, and other professionals. It was a challenge for the briefing local chapter member, an intimidating situation, but the briefing went reasonably well and later 12 officers completed MOAA membership applications.

Sometimes in situations like these there can be a lot of fear, feelings of inadequacy, yet it’s important to persevere right to the end. Just keep at it until the mission is accomplished. continue reading

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