MEMBERSHIP@RETENTION

---Bob Wehrli wrote the following response:

Thanks you for your reply. You are completely correct. We must retain our older members; however, they are not all chronologically the same. For example the only person that has commented on the NEWSLETTER within the NEWSLETTER itself instead of in a separate e-mail was a 91 year young very active women. I’m taking on a big task, but if it works, it could bring this Chapter together. This is only phase one.

At the present time, we put out two newsletters per month plus numerous up dates on e-mail and phone calls to those members without e-mail. The first newsletter is usually a two page hard copy sent by regular mail to about 68 members. About 75 members get the content included in the hard copy plus some extra by way of an e-mail newsletter. The calls to action and emergency announcements are covered by the telephone committee.

For this year we will keep all forms of communication and as you have seen the interactive blog or NARFE NEWSLETTER (WEB-SITE) has been introduced. This will never be accepted by every member; but for those that do accept it, a whole new world can open up. We can also reach active employees and members that weren’t interested before the blog.

I see great possibilities for this kind of activity.

I plan to include this discussion in the blog; and I would hope the a few interested people (I didn’t say members) would comment by clicking on the word comment below my Posting.