Membership, Extension, Retention and Leadership
Lion Ray Deane (Billericay)

Grow EA

The Membership Committee meeting held prior to the commencement of the August Cabinet Meeting spent most of the time discussing in general terms the “Great Heart for Service” team that had been put together under the direction of District Governor John and being driven by Lions Phil Nathan and Nick Grant.  The idea was to bring attention to clubs of the need to generate new members and give some ideas on how this might be achieved.  At the time the committee were unable to go into specific details since the final construction of the team and the format upon which the presentation would be based had not been finalised.  In any event the work of this group would not be in place of the work of the Membership Committee members but would be to supplement it.

Since then a meeting to launch the project was held at the Holiday Inn Hotel on the A14 at Ipswich, Orwell on the 30^th August and attracted a full house from a variety of clubs across the District.  The evening comprised of a series of mini presentations on various topics and specific opportunities that could present the potential for new members, details of the areas covered are shown in the Grow EA document attached (this is in PDF format so you will need adobe Reader to view, this free from www.adobe.com )

These mini presentations were also supplemented with other presentations on New Century Clubs, Campus Clubs, Cultural Clubs and a variety of matters relative to Membership Retention. There was also a good opportunity for questions and answers.

Also below are list of “expectations” of members, both new and old, some of these are obvious, some more thought provoking.  This list was compiled at the District Members Day held earlier in the year and is worthy of all Lions considering.

New Members

“Old Hands”

Further Information on any of the above is available from:

Lion Ray Deane, MERL (Membership, Extension, Retention and Leadership) Officer

Tel: 01277 840677

Email raymary@freshfield1a.fsnet.co.uk

Or the District Governor

Lion John Haynes

Tel: 01953 717534

Email DG@lions105ea.com