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WHY DID YOU JOIN THE CHAPTER?
#1 Answer
Personal invite!!
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WHAT DID THE CHAPTER OFFER YOU?
Friendship, the number one answer!
The desire to go camping more
Traveling with a groupActivities / Locations
NO DIFFERENT TODAY!
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WHY ARE CHAPTERS DYING OFF?
Refusal to get new
members
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WHEN YOU JOINED THE CHAPTER WHAT WAS YOUR “STATION” IN LIFE?
1. Young
2. Old
3. Married
4. Single
5. With children
6. With grandchildren
7. Starting out
8. Retiring
9. First camper
10.Able to tell stories
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REACH OUT TO NEW PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS
Do your homework!!
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Do you know your chapter’s camping schedule?
Do you know the chapter president’s e-mail address?
NO
Then have a Flyer or a Newsletter with you
Plan an event
Learn how to answer the question: WHY?
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BLUE CRAB FUN BUNCH NEWSLETTER
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WHO IS THE BEST PERSON TO TALK TO?
There isn’t a single answerCan you sell ice to an
Eskimo? Are you afraid of rejection?Watch the following slides
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IS THIS THE BEST PERSON TO APPROACH?
Maybe not
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HOW ABOUT THIS PERSON?
Possibly
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WHAT ABOUT THESE PEOPLE?
Oh Yeah!!
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IF YOU ARE STILL NOT CONVINCED…
Fly this
ASK
ME
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STILL NOT CONVINCED?
Create a membership Chapter!
You can form a membership chapter.
It’s easy.
Just use existing Good Sam Chapter members, State Staff, anyone you know that is passionate
about Good Sam.
Give them the tools they need (i.e. a stack of Samboree forms, business cards etc.)
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LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE CHAPTER ALIVE
Do not become a stagnant chapterDo interesting things together
Try different locations for campingChoose themes for chapter
campouts
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Make it FUN to go on a chapter campout
Mix up the activities, i.e. Take a tour
Visit a museumGo play miniature golf together
Play board gamesHave a contest
Do survivor gamesHave a squirt gun battlePlan a scavenger hunt
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Now we have added more reasons for keeping your
chapter alive:Adopting a Camping World Store
Being there for Open HouseBeing there for Grill Fest
Working the Good Sam kiosk
Earning money for the State Organization
Helping out at Regional RalliesHelping to promote Good Sam branded items
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USE Facebook
My Space
Other internet sites
HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN CHAPTERS?
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WEB SITES
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HELP! EVERYBODY CAMPING AROUND ME IS UNDER 30!
Encourage young couples to form their own chapters
Base the chapter on things they like:
Bike riding
Camping at amusement parks
Hiking
Local festivals
Find out what their interests are.
BUILD that chapter up!!!
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WE HAVE MADE IT EASIER
We made it easier for a new chapter to get started by doing away with the requirement that they have
by-laws.
YEAH!!!
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CHALLENGE OTHER CHAPTERS
Create a contest
See which Chapter brings in the most members
Give an award
Capture and turn in evidence of volunteerism
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USE OUTSIDE SOURCES
RV shows
Dealers
Special events
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Chapters are the building blocks of Good Sam
Don’t give up !