Mid-Year Meeting

Membership Presentation

By James Nestmann

State Membership Director

Importance of Recruitment

• Sustain viability of membership in councils

• Average age in Sask. is 64.3

• More members: More Charitable Works

• Evangelize

Setting Goals:

• State Goals:

Intake----325 136 by Nov. 30th –Projected 120 by Nov.30th

Net 225 70 to date

20 Star Councils—30 possibilities identified

5 Reactivations- PSD Brian----5 identified- target-Dec. 31st

50 Roundtables– Roundtable Chairman Al---55 by Dec.8th

1 New Council---N.C.D Chairman Angel George—Syro-Malabar

Regina—process started---Target—Feb. 1st

Online– 60 members----Adam Desa 40- N. Sask.- Chris

Church Drives---1 per district/each 1/4 for first 3 1/4s--84

1st Quarter-14 2nd Quarter- Oct./Nov.- 24 Dec.-13

Ethnic Recruitment- councils identified

Admission Degrees– 36 to date 118 by June 30th

Team Approach

• We need a culture of accountability at all levels

• We are all part of the team

• We all need to contribute to our mission

• Cluster Leaders---cluster quota

• District Deputies---district quotas

• Councils---council quotas

• Agency—General Agent Mark- goal for each agent

• State leaders-Team Challenge

• Online quota----Adam

• Ethnic quota---Cultural Diversity Chairman MarteWe Need A Commitment From Each Member Of The Team.

Membership Plan:

We will use a variety of techniques and approaches:a. Church Drives j. Team Challenge

b. Father Needs You/Working with the Parish Priest k. Reactivations/Reinstatements

c. Online Membership l. Assistance from Agency

d. Scheduling Degrees m. State Leader paired with DD

e. Ethnic Recruitment n. Shining Armor and VIP Club

f. Northern Saskatchewan Initiatives o. Incentives

g. Inactive Insurance Members---phoning drives p. Young Adult Opportunities

h. Phoning Non-Recruiting Councils- Bob Ennis q. Canada Cup Challenge

i. Former Members List r. Second Quarter Plan

++ More Information To Follow On Each of These Ideas:-- if all these of ideas would help get

2 members, that would be 36/month.

Membership Experience

Membership Engagement From The Time Of Joining

• We all need to focus on creating a best-in-class membership experience. • Begin and end with the member in mind.• Need to give clear, consistent value to the member.• Admissions Committee• Retention Committee- DGK & trustees• Shining Armor Award/Mentors

Ideas on Membership Engagement will also be provided in the Retention Report.

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How To Run A Church Drive

• Talk to your Pastor for permission and support• Follow the “Smart Drive Plan• Hand out Fr. McGivney Cards and Online Cards Before Mass• Pulpit Announcement- pick the right person• Ask Father for his words of Support• Ask the right questions.• Capture name, number and email address.• Follow up within 2 weeks

Names sent to SMD and SD • See the handout in your membership package.

Working With Your Pastor

• Father is the key to everything. Engage with him.

• Put yourself in his shoes. Know what he’s thinking.

• Actions speak louder than words.

• Talk to him about Faith in Action.

• Be in service to him and the parish.

• Father Needs You Campaign—letter provided—talk to

Father, Identify Prospects, Deliver Letters, Arrange for

Visits To Prospects

Faith In Action• Make Implementing Faith In Action in all of your councils a top priority!

• Good programs lead to healthy councils, strong membership growth, and great

retention.

• Have your DDs sure track and report on council program participation!

• State Program Director implements a program tracker using a mock SP-7 report.

• Make it a priority to have councils submit their Annual Survey of Fraternal

Activities on time. *SP7 and Annual Survey Forms—in Eugene’s Report

• Keep an eye out for an upcoming webinar this December on how to complete

the new Annual Survey.

Ethnic Growth and

Development

• DDs To Identify Ethnic Possibilities

• Engage With Ethnic Communities

• NCD ---Syro-Malabar Community—Regina- 20-30 new members

• Cultural Diversity Chairman—Meetings With Ethnic Groups

• Ethnic Chairman in Each Council

• Clearly demonstrate that this is a priority. Convene a dedicated

meeting on ethnic growth by the end of the year.

• State Warden Marte will have more information on this topic.

Young Adult Growth and

Development

• Two College Councils---STM and Campion College

• Plan is to have Supreme Young Adult Coordinator come to Campion College and

STM in Jan. or Feb.

• College Council Coordinator appointed by Jan. 1st—and a job description

• Young adult team members (decided)- 1 per diocese and a job description

• Identify two events specifically for young adults that we will promote

and provide membership information and materials

Bob Ennis, Supreme Director of Canadian Growth will have more information in his

report.

Creating A Prospecting Culture

In Your Districts

• Church Drive Training

• Train your councils how to prospect at events.

• Get them to request a prospect landing page- info has been

sent to councils.

• Use the landing pages at council events See the hand handout on setting a landing page-----in your package

Ceremonials – What’s Your

Magic Number

• How many Admission Degrees do we need till June 30th to Achieve

Our Goals?

• SCD Denis will present the numbers we need in his presentation.

• DDs need to ensure that Admission Degrees are planned in each

District---recruit to the degrees

State Ceremonials Director Denis Will Have More Information In His Report.

Northern Sask. Initiatives

• Conference call with Archbishop Chatlain held on Oct. 12th to

discuss Faith in Action, Online Membership and the Marion Prayer

Program.

• Offered Honorary Online Membership to all Priests in the

Keewatin-Le Pas Archdiocese---3 have already joined

• Father Jojji wants a council at Wollaston Lake—late Feb., March

• Conference call—SD, SC, and Archbishop Murray Chatlain -held

on Nov. 27th with all the priests in Keewatin- Le Pas

• Online Church Drives planned- 1 in a community –Jan.-April

• Goal is to get the Online Members active in their church

Incentives• State has the following Incentives:

Individual recruiters- Rosaries, Golf Shirts

and K of C Watches—list in package

DD and Council Incentives

Supreme Incentives:

VIP Points, Winter Blast Incentives, Trips

Lists on State Website---www.kofcsask.com

Membership Second ¼ Plan• DD Identify 1 Church Drive

• Schedule First Degree

• Incentives:

Church Drive and Degree by Nov. 30th with a minimum of 3

members- draw for a Kof C golf shirt.---1 entry/new member

2 Church drives and degree by Dec 31st –minimum of 8 members-

draw for 1 of 3 watches- one entry per new member

• Conference Call with All DDs was held.

• Phone Non- Recruiting Councils—Bob Ennis

1. Follow- up- statistics were kept, phone calls made

2. See the 2nd quarter plan sheets in your package

AGENCY

• Involve The Agency:

They are a great resource:

General Agent Mark has set recruitment goals

with all his agents and has an incentive for each

agent who achieves the set goal.

Canada Cup Competition• A Competition among the Canadian Provinces for the First Annual

Membership Canada Cup.

• The Canadian Jurisdiction that accumulates the most points by

June 30th will win and get to keep the cup for a year. The cup

would travel to different parts of Sask. for celebrations and photos.

• Sask. competes against another provinces each month.

• In Sept.,Sask.beat New Brunswick, Nova Scotia in Oct. and

Ontario in Nov. We are up against PEI in Dec, Quebec in Jan.

• Five points/win plus 5 more points if on par. We need 136 to be on

par at the end of Nov. We are at 115.

• For complete details, go to www.kofcsask.com

Other Jurisdiction Initiatives• Reactivations/Reinstatements---Former members List

Contact some of these members to welcome them back

State Generic Letter will be provided to DDS and Councils

• Inactive Insurance Members-- will be phoned.

Scripted message to be prepared for those who phone

• VIP Club---Certificate and VIP pin for 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, 75,

100, etc. We have the list and will recognize those with 25+

• Shining Armor Award- Certificate and pin for meeting criteria

• Team challenge– 10 teams compete; stats on website

Summary

• Let us know how the State Officers and the State

Membership Team can help.

• We are committed to helping you grow – and achieve

your goals in both programming and membership.

Districts- Finish Strong

• Remember - no matter where you are

now, it’s how you finish that counts!

Thanks!

Thanks for all you do – everyday – to grow the

Order in Programming and Membership to keep the

Dream of Fr. McGivney alive!