Membership Committee News
By Janice Pyka, Keller Graduate School of Management
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aintaining and growing its membership are very important elements to the success of any association. Most industry-specific associations, like our local Community Associations Institute (CAI) Minnesota chapter, focus on a few key aspects with regard to membership: Attract (A), Involve (I) and Retain (R), or A.I.R. The new CAI-MN membership committee will make it a priority to recruit new members and Attract them to all of the benefits we offer. First, as the new committee chair of membership, I will build the committee and set a regular meeting schedule. Then, we will begin incorporating the initiatives developed by our board of directors. Adding and growing an association is all good, and so, naturally, the next step to building an active association is to strive to welcome those new members and Involve them. Everyone in our association has something to offer, and we value the experience, expertise and volunteer efforts of each one. All of this will contribute to a stellar association. Finally, after Attracting and Involving both new and current members, we will focus on Retaining those members, including the newest ones and the ones who haven’t been as Involved. As a whole, CAI’s committees are growing and working more closely with one another, thanks to our outgoing President Michael Klemm. These efforts will help in our endeavors to Attract, Involve and Retain our assets, YOU, the member, that make us the Minnesota chapter of CAI. I look forward to seeing new faces in our chapter and in our committees.
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