What Squadrons do for recruiting	
 	
Give Membership talk	
Graduation party	
Members at classes to recruit	
Commander sends personal letter to each member	
Free Seamanship when joining	
Distribute class materials and free stuff	
Assist with hands on activity	
All instructors, PR and SEO attend Exec meetings.	
Dinners	
Invitations to general meetings	
Postcards, phone calls	
Total Bridge involvement	
Parties, interviews	
Recruit during VSC examinations	
Man boat show booths, publicity in local papers.	
Members bring in other members.	
MI Chair plans the intro of USPS to the public class to promote possible membership	
Enthusiastic proctors, instructors and mentors at every class	
 'Beat the Bushes' Recruit previous squadron members who have moved into the area	
Membership committee attends Public Boating Course.  	
Members bring in friends	
Entrance Interest questionaire	
Push classes, activities and involvment	
Discuss membership a minimum of 3 times during classes.	
Go to dinner after classes for anyone interested.  Those who do always join.	
Boating class interaction with Bridge, Membership Comm and Instructors - talk about fun	
Committee members show up at first and last nights of boating courses.	
Graduation party with as many members as possible there. 	
Follow up new members with phone calls to make them feel welcome	
Plan for interviews on test night.	
Give students flyers about squadron, cost of membership.	
Have plenty of proctors	
Coffee and cake at boating class - talk up membership	
Stress importance of membership and education for insurance rate reduction	
Discuss family activities for members	
Aggressive Membership Committee chair	
Bridge officers talk about benefits of membership throughout the course	
Provide MemCom information along with letter from CDR to each student on first night of class	
Show info on other classes and learning guides	
Many members teach and proctor - give personal attention and recruit	
Offer a cruise similar to the educational cruise	
Sell USPS advantages	
Social function including food and drink for students - large turnout - large returns.  How about a pizza party	
Invite new boaters to a water rendezvous during the summer	
Explain students would have to join Navy or CG to get the education they get from USPS	
Presentation to each class that describes USPS squadron and benefits of membership.	
Start selling USPS before the class is given	
Sell USPS  during Boat Smart	
Give out membership application the week before the test.	
Those who don't join are visited at their home.	
Make sure there are follow up classes after Boat Smart, so there is something to offer new members.	
Coordinate with local marine dealers to advertise and sponsor classes	

Suggestions for future presentations	
 	
More emphasis on acquisitions.	
Try a forum	
Get 'best of breed' practices of membership activities (recruiting etc)  from squadrons and have them give presentations on their experiences.	
More info on what squadrons have had for success with in regards to getting new members.	
Tape recording of meetings.  More dialogue and less lecture	
Have people from new squadrons tell about how they built and increased their membership	
More sharing from the floor during the presentation instead of at the end.  Ie:  ask how do you ?? Then bring up the next point.	
Coordination between older retiring members and new younger members about passing information on.	
More information on family activities in addition to education.  So they have something to look forward to after they don't want to learn anymore	
Stress the Boating Safety for Kids program  KYFD	
Continue to provide material the Districts and Squadrons can easily use.	
More interaction with the floor	
Percentage of success from advertising	
Revisit Lynn Appleton talk.  Can we attract new younger families.  Can we keep younger members?	
Information on family involvement activities	
Very open meetings with opportunity to share with group	
Develop recruiting techniques for different age groups for the area the squadron might serve.  Ie:  primarily retired folks	
Sample messages (squadron handouts) for new members	
Talk to the issues - Ask for individual experiences.	
What squadrons have done 'out of the ordinary' to draw in new members.	
A session dedicated to involving youth under 20 years old	
Package a prepared presentations for membership - upbeat!	
More interaction with the between membership	
Review forms and the route they follow thru to National and back	

Other Comments	
 	
Likes attention National is giving membership	
Enjoyed the interaction between members	
Would like Membership slide presentations from National to show to Boating students	
Interaction was very meaningful	
Several good suggestions from squadron members which can be applied on the local level	
Review Appleton Tapes	
List of Squadron membership does not show increase or decrease of membership.