And me too!! Terrific work. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Membership Committee Initiatives > Cheryl, > > I just finished reading your full proposal, and I am _SO_ impressed. It is > really well-though-out, seems like a good value for prospective members and > clubs, AND doable for us financially. Really great job! You get "aye's" > all the way down the list from me! > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@wilstream.com> > To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 9:43 PM > Subject: [AGA SC] Membership Committee Initiatives > > > Okay, enough keeping you all in suspense. They aren't *that* special! We > all had a lot of great ideas and I had to stick with the ones that I > thought *I* could implement, this year sometime, without much trouble. > > Attached is the long version, with specific details, to read at your > leisure, but please do read it. > > Here is the short version: I am making separate five separate motions for > initiatives 2A&B - 5. Initiative #1 has already been implemented and was > trivial enough not to require a formal vote. > > 1. Starting April 1st, I will initiate a continuing series of timely > announcements to the AGA-member or –announce list. The next announcement > will be 2A. > > 2. Encourage individuals to recruit new members. Emphasis will be on > encouraging members to help the AGA, but with perks. > > A. Membership Drive > From May 1st - August 31, 2004, for every new member who cites a current > member’s name and location in the “more info” field of the online or > mail-in application, AGA will extend the current member’s membership by one > issue. > > B. Permanent Offer of Membership Incentive > If a current AGA member hosts an open house or a local club meeting, AGA > will send promotional materials and sample back issues as give-aways. If at > least four people sign up, the current member gets a free t-shirt. > > 3. Group Discounts > As immediately as possible, implement a provision for Group Discounts. This > is a simple group discount policy for anyone who wants more than 1 issue of > TAG sent to the same address. > > 4. Premium Club Program (or whatever—needs a snazzier name) > For a $200 annual fee, a Premium Club will receive the many great benefits. > > 5. Pet Store Incentives > This was David Lass’s idea: that for every four (this # was my idea) > members a store brings in, the store would get one free membership to give > to its employees or whatever. > > Many thanks to Neil and Phil, and for Scott's, Larry's, and Tim's input. > > Cheryl > -- > Cheryl Rogers, Membership > Aquatic Gardeners Association > http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org > > > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com > with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. > Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc > When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "incorp". > > ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "incorp".