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The Importance of Membership
The Member Who Never Came Back
Nationale Membership Statistics
The Importance of Membership
The future of the forty and Eight is dependent on membership. Our members not only help support the Operation of Voiture Nationale, but are the backbone of all of our programs. It has often been said there are three key aspects to the membership effort.
- Renewals
- Reinstatements
- Recruitment's
This site provides the necessary resources to assist every Voyager Militaire to carry out a successful membership program within thier Locale, Grande and Nationale . Every voyager can assist in the renewal portion of the program. First and foremost, if each member sends in dues without having to be asked several times, you will save everyone involved in the membership effort a great deal of time and expense. In addition, if you know a Voyager who has not paid their dues, see if there is a reason and refer that information back to your Voiture.
There are numerous reasons why a Voyager may not renew membership in a given year. It could be financial reasons, health problems, temporarily moved from the area and many other issues. Once those problems have been overcome, we should make every effort possible to get that voyageur back into our organization. That is what is referred to as a reinstatement.Perhaps recruitment is the easiest of all membership efforts.
The key word is to ASK. Each of us knows numerous veterans who would make great Forty and Eighters. Remember, our membership is by invitation and that means we have to ASK them to join. Sometimes we have to ask more that once, but the most important thing is that we do ASK.
Please don't forget that membership is everyone's job.
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The Member That Never Came Back
A Grand Chef de Gare related a story he had received from a friend. It may help to exemplify the experience some members have on their way to being suspended for non-payment of dues for not attending Promenades.
I'm the guy who was invited to join your Voiture. I'm the guy who paid his dues and fees to be a member. I'm the guy who promised to be faithful and loyal.
After the Wreck, I'm the guy who went to a Promenade and no one paid any attention to me. I tried several times to be friendly to some of the fellows, but they had all their buddies to talk to and other things to talk about.
I sat down several times, but no one paid any attention to me. I hoped very much that someone would ask me to take part in a fund raising project or something, but no one noted my efforts when I volunteered.
I missed a few Promenades after joining because I was sick. No one asked me where I had been. I guess it didn't matter very much to others whether I was there or not. The next Promenade I decided to stay home and watch TV. I attended the following Promenade, but no one asked where I was when the last Promenade was held.
You might say I'm a good guy, a good family man who holds a responsible job. One who loves his community and his country.
You know who I am? I'm the guy who never came back.
It amuses me when. I think back on how they were discussing why they were losing members. It amuses me now to think that they spent so much time looking for new members when there I was all the time.
“All they needed to do was make me feel welcome."
Does this happen in your Voiture?
There you have it Voyageurs. Will you accept the challenge and do whatever is
necessary to stop this unnecessary loss of men who are VOYAGEURS. There is no question in my mind.
WE CAN AND WE WILL DO IT IF WE CARE ENOUGH.
