INCREASE MEETING ATTENDANCE

Goal: 5% Increase of total membership at each meeting compared to the previous year’s

attendance. Membership attendance at each individual meeting should be tallied and then followed up with the summer planning meeting and then compared to the previous year we would have an accurate percentage of growth.

Responsible Parties: Program Chair and Membership Chair.

Proposed Action:

1. Place survey forms on the table at every meeting asking members what they liked about

the meeting.

2. Mail a Survey to membership once a year “Why did/ didn’t you attend the meetings?”

This should be the responsibility of the Membership Chair.

3. Subsidize cost above $25.00 for one meal per year for all members. Meals should not

exceed $25.00 per person and Arrangements Chair should be encouraged to be creative in selecting meeting places with meal costs of less than $25.00 per person. Survey membership on meeting locations and meal prices.

4. Recruit high quality speakers. Topics should be of interest to the majority of the

membership.

5. Joint meeting with allied professional societies and / or meeting notices to these groups.

Important to send IFT Newsletters to these groups.

6. Membership should be encouraged to bring guests to meetings. (Incentives to members?)

7. A letter of welcome and a non-transferable meal voucher (with expiration date) should be sent promptly to all new members. It will be the responsibility of the membership chair to get a list of National Members from the Administrative Assistant.

8. Announce at each meeting and in each newsletter the dates and speakers for the next two (2) meetings.