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WHY DID YOU JOIN THE CHAPTER?

#1 Answer

Personal invite!!

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!

WHY ARE CHAPTERS DYING OFF?

Refusal to get new

members

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

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?

BLUE CRAB FUN BUNCH NEWSLETTER

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

IS THIS THE BEST PERSON TO APPROACH?

Maybe not

HOW ABOUT THIS PERSON?

Possibly

WHAT ABOUT THESE PEOPLE?

Oh Yeah!!

IF YOU ARE STILL NOT CONVINCED…

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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.)

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

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

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

USE Facebook

My Space

Twitter

Other internet sites

HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN CHAPTERS?

WEB SITES

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!!!

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!!!

CHALLENGE OTHER CHAPTERS

Create a contest

See which Chapter brings in the most members

Give an award

Capture and turn in evidence of volunteerism

USE OUTSIDE SOURCES

RV shows

Dealers

Special events

Chapters are the building blocks of Good Sam

Don’t give up !