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I restarted our Albuquerque, NM Alumnae Association eons ago. Back in those days, there was no e-mail or internet. I gave Headquarters a list of all the zip codes around me that I wanted to include in the start-up. They sent out an interest survey that was sent directly to me. It asked questions as to whether people wanted day meetings, night meetings, which day of the week, what activities they would like to see take place, were they willing to help with the start-up, etc. It included their name, address and phone number.
I then called everyone and set up an initial meeting. Amazingly we had about 25 people at that meeting. We talked about what was required by National to be rechartered, and came up with an activity that appealed to all ages for our next event. At that time, we started to talk about the dues so that we had the required funds for re-chartering and for people to think about officers. By the 3rd meeting we actually had a board in place and were in contact with everyone who had shown any interest. Unfortunately, I moved back to California shortly after we set up the board and regained our charter. The group stayed active for about 15 years and then finally died out
Keep in mind that you probably will onlly get 1/20 to respond and maybe only half of those might eventually join. Its a lot of work, but worth it for both the members and the sisterhood.
DaffyKD
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