MEMBERSHIP GROWTH PLAN




The Purpose of this Plan for your club is to help you provide vision and focus for your Lions experience.  New members equate to new blood and often get the older members rejuvenated in their Spirit of Lionism.  However, don't just recruit members to boost membership, ensure that you have a need for those members and that you will put them to work after they join.  You also need to consider the facilities that your club has available to hold meetings and to run functions and fundraisers.  There are many resources within our District to help: our District website (Leadership Manual, Lions Tool Box and much more), your Cabinet officers and MERL Team and your Zone and Region Chairs). Do not hesitate to ASK as we are all here willing and able to help.  When your club inducts new members, the inductions should be impressive, dignified and meaningful to the new members.  You may want to consider holding a club training session on the responsibility of the sponsoring Lions. 








Three-Year Membership/Retention Plan for your Club
This Plan is for the Lions/Lioness/ Leo Club.

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Three Year District A-5 Membership / Retention Plan

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Develop a three year Action Plan with Goals and Objectives for Membership and Retention.
How do you plan to grow?
Have good attendance at the Membership/Leadership seminars to be held at Zone and Club          meetings.
Hold a Lions Information night with a guest speaker, a video and invite members from your           community to  attend.  Snacks and refreshments could be served and Lions information could        be made available to prospective members.
Look at the Lions Toolbox on our website and use information from that to make your club              meetings more relevant.
Have your new members conduct a new service/fundraising activity on their own.
Increase net club membership by plus 2.
Review the club Action Plan with Goals and Objectives for Membership and Retention. 
How do you plan to grow?  Are revisions needed?
Have good attendance at the Membership/Leadership seminars to be held at Zone and Club           meetings.
Have District hold a Leadership seminar for your club.
Continue to access information on Lionism for your club members.
Attend the District convention seminars on Membership/Retention/Leadership.
Increase net club membership by 3 or more.
Review the club Action Plan with Goals and Objectives for Membership and Retention.
How do you Plan to grow? Any revisions required.
Have good attendance at the Membership/Leadership seminars to be held at Zone and
Have District hold a Leadership seminar for your club.
Continue to access information on Lionism for your club members.
Attend the District convention seminars on Membership/Retention/Leadership.
Review the results of this three-year plan.
Increase net club membership by 4 or more.
Provide regular updates of District Membership/Retention GOALS and M&R statistics: Lions,         Lioness, Leos.
Provide Membership/Retention report to Governor's Newsletter.
Provide Timely Information on Membership/Retention to Lions and at Cabinet meetings.
Promote the Lions Toolbox (now on our Website), and membership videos at all cabinet, Zone    and special meetings. District Officers are to promote this on their official visits.
Work with Public Relations Chair of Cabinet to promote Lionism district wide.
Produce membership award certificates and distribute to sponsoring Lions via Zone and Region  Chairs.
Continually focus our greatest energy on Clubs with membership of 20 or less.
Develop a three year (with club input) action plan to be reviewed annually in Membership             recruiting and Retention techniques setting definite goals for Lions, Lioness and Leos.
Promote Lions Leadership via our website and special seminars.
Training of Zone and Region Chairs in Membership and Retention techniques at all Cabinet            meetings and/or special seminars.
Presentations at Zone and Club meetings on Membership & Retention.
Hold a membership seminar at Convention in North Bay.
Hold Orientation/Schools of Instruction in every Zone/Region.
Increase District membership by plus 30.
Train Zone and Region Chairs at Cabinet meetings and/or special seminars in Membership and     Retention techniques.
Continue membership/retention presentations at Zone and club meetings.
Have Region Chairs work with clubs with membership under 20 members.
Hold Orientation/Schools of Instruction in every Zone/Region.
Hold a Membership review seminar at the District convention followed by a Leadership                   seminar.
Find a co-Chair for Membership/Retention to provide continuity to District's program.
Increase District membership by plus 50 members.
Train Zone and Region Chairs at Cabinet meetings and/or special seminars in Membership and  Retention Techniques.
Have a combined Membership/Leadership seminar to be delivered to Zone meetings and Clubs.
Have Region Chairs trained to give Membership/Leadership seminars.
Hold a Membership/Leadership review workshop at the District Convention.
Hold Orientation/Schools of Instruction in every Zone/Region.
Increase District membership by plus 60 members.
Review the results of this plan and create a new three-year plan.