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Membership Committee
Purpose
To gain and retain members by demonstrating leadership; to create
and sustain an environment for economic opportunity for each member.
Goals
- Create a positive, welcoming atmosphere for new members
- Work with Chamber staff and TRC volunteers to maintain current new member rate of enrollment
- Increase retention of members
- Increase membership of minority business owners and managers to reflect the diversity of our community
- Promote participation of new members in Chamber committees and activities
Strategies
- Continue to expand and utilize the ROI program
- Continue and encourage current successful recruitment endeavors
- Increase contact with new members in their first year of membership by assigning a first year mentor
- Initiate a personal visit to every new member from a Membership Committee representative to review membership benefits
- Develop a mentoring opportunity for new members
- Host New Member Welcomes to recognize new members and provide an opportunity to interact with other members and promote their business or organization
- Host networking opportunities for new members in small group roundtable
- Continue to utilize Quarterly Membership Breakfasts to recognize new members, ROI graduates and longstanding members
- Survey of second year members on their perceived value of their membership and suggestions to add value or meet needs
Benefit
To ensure the health and sustainability of the Chamber, the Membership
Committee works to achieve membership growth and retention and to
create value for each member.
