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Membership
– Brothers, we are WAY behind in membership. The membership quota for District 2
for the 2011 – 2012 Fraternal Year is 29 New Members. As of 1/01/12, District 2
is at a – 27. (That is a NEGATIVE 27!!). I am not one to be a numbers guy, but
this is crazy even to me. I’m reminded of the words of one of my mentors, IPSD
(of NC) David Jones. He said;
“If we are not growing, we
are dying.”
My Brothers, this ORDER is
far too valuable to me & I know to all of you, to let it die. We HAVE to do a
better job of recruiting New Members, not just for the good of Our Order, but
for the good of that New Member. The Knights of Columbus has changed my life in
so many ways for the better. Let’s afford our fellow Catholic men the same
opportunity to better THEIR lives.
What I am asking of you – I am asking for a collective effort from each and
every man in District 2 to help with recruitment. Get out there and talk to
people; ask men if they are members; ask them to come to an “Informational
Knight” which should be set up by your Council’s GK”s & membership
Chairmen/Committee). The Knights of Columbus is EASY to sell because it sells
itself.
What I will do to help – I will conduct as many Informational Knights as
you all are willing to put together. All I need to conduct an effective
Informational Knight is:
1) A TV with DVD player
2) A bunch of Form 100s
3) A room full of Catholic Men
4) A motivated Member who is
willing to be trained in putting on Informational Knights in the future.
If you can provide me with
these 4 things, I am willing to do as many Informational Knights as you are
willing to put together from now ubntil June. Don’t want me to help? No problem!
I have attached all my personal notes (mostly written by one of my Mentors, PSD
David Onofrio on conducting a Membership Blitz & an Informational Knight. Use
them as you see fit. If you can’t open the attachments, let me know and I will
convert them to .pdf for you. You guys can do this; you NEED to do this. We owe
it to Our Priests and Our Charities who have come to depend on the Knights of
Columbus’ support.
Okay, gentlemen, it’s time
for action. Who’s with me? Can I get an AMEN?!?!
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