dd and membership 2013 winter meeting. membership duties of a district deputy promote: empower: keep...
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DD and Membership
2013 WINTER MEETING
Membership Duties of a District Deputy
• Promote:• Empower:• Keep Positive:• Rally local Knights to spread the word and
recruit• Ask councils for progress reports every
month (or more)• Communicate
WHY?
• Membership is going down• Getting harder to promote to officers• Getting harder to find District Deputies• Difficult to run ALL programs needed in
local councils• No energy in councils not recruiting• Dwindling numbers
Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May JunJul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
8,151
8,128
8,126
8,109 8,125
8,129
Green Bay Membership
Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total Membership
Months
Mem
ber
ship
Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
8,140
8,106 8,095 8,089 8,081 8,071
La Crosse Membership
Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total Membership
Months
Mem
ber
ship
Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
7,827 7,802 7,802 7,799 7,799 7,805
Madison Membership
Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total Membership
Months
Mem
ber
ship
Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
8,231 8,206
8,187 8,171 8,172 8,177
Milwaukee Membership
Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total Membership
Months
Mem
ber
ship
Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
4,606 4,602 4,600 4,598 4,602 4,608
Superior Membership
Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total MembershipMonths
Mem
ber
ship
Promote
• Where to Promote– District meetings– Council visits– Newsletters
• Council• District• State Newsletter
Empower
• Provide Information–Church drive
• How to run one• How often
–Recruitment materials• Current materials from Supreme• Make their own
EMPOWER
• From Prospect to Member– What is a prospect– What is a candidate– What is a Admission Committee– How often should they have a first
degree– How is the first degree team
Empower
• First Degrees– How often– Scheduled
• When was it scheduled• Did notify anyone
– Reporting • Both 450 and 450C
– Thank the team– Promote the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th degree
• When was the last time in your district
Keep Positive
• Other councils are successful• If we try we will succeed• SMILE• There is help out there
– State Officers– General and Field Agents– Membership Coordinators
Rally local Knights
• Keep them informed– District– Diocese– State
• Keep positive on activities– Nothing works perfect– Do not give up after one try– Try it a different way
Council Reporting
• Encourage reporting early
• Hold councils accountable for late items
• Pester until you get the form
• Make sure they know of the form before it is due
• ASSUME is not as good as KNOW
Communicate
• Lack of communication will cause confusion
• Use method they respond to– Phone – E-mail– Text message– Face to face– Mail