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Originally posted by adpiucf
. . . Your new member period should not be a time of the new member having to prove themselves. That is what recruitment was for. Your new members are testing the waters to determine if this experience is right for them. You've worked very hard to recruit them. Don't risk alienating them. It costs time and money to recruit quality members. When your retention is low, you lose out-- bad publicity, you have to recruit more often, you have less members to choose from to fulfill leadership roles, and the members who are there get burned out and resentful. You don't need to have a chapter of 200 members to be sucessful, but you do need to stay out of the red and be respectful of all your members, new and initiated. Hold open dialogue within the chapter on the importance of respect and hold chapter education sessions that focus on membership enrichment-- instilling respect and friendship. When the entire chapter participates equally, you win.
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Brava!
May I use this for the chapter I advise? We're going through a difficult stretch and I think this may help.
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It's gonna be a hootenanny.
Or maybe a jamboree.
Or possibly even a shindig or lollapalooza.
Perhaps it'll be a hootshinpaloozaree. I don't know.
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