ALPHA PHI ALPHA - FOR LIFE December 19 74 Greetings Brothers: Are you ready for 19 75 ??? The Alpha Life Membership report in the last issue of the Sphinx indicated the best year ever — since the program began in 193 7. It took us 35 years to get 1,000 Life Members fully paid. BUT, we reached the second thousand in only Two years.
"WE ARE ONLY FACED WITH INSURMOUNTABLE OPPORTUNITIES" POGO General Objective
Regional Goals for 1975
New Life Membership Fee
The major thrust of the program of reclamation utilizing the Alpha Life Membership Program is to achieve 25,000 paid members by our 70th Anniversary General Convention in 1976, in Mother Africa.
The following goals for the period October 1, 1974 thru the Miami General Convention in August 1975 have been accepted, as follows:
The new Life Membership Fee is THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, effective July 1 , 1975. The San Francisco General Convention action increasing the life membership fee did also allow any brother who intended to start his life membership subscription with an initial payment of $50 or $ 1 0 0 to begin now before the effective date of the increase.
Life Membership Goals To this end, the life membership participation goal of 10%, or 2,500, was established. We have already achieved that goal. It is with "button bustin' " pride that we announce the passing of two significant plateaus in December 1974 — two thousand life members fully paid AND six hundred subscribers, OR a total of 2,600 participants in the program.
Eastern Region Midwestern Region Southern Region Southwestern Region Western Region
Contact the general office TODAY for Your Life Membership Contract.
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3 0 0 NEW fully paid Alpha Life Members
Remember, your life membership fee payments are placed in the LIFE MEMBERSHIP RESERVE FUND from which expenditures may be made ONLY on the express vote of a General Convention. The Life Membership Reserve Fund stands at approximately $400,000, with anticipated interest or dividend income from three invested funds at $26,000 in the 1 975 Fraternity budget.
John B. Buckner National Life Membership Chairman
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10TH ALPHA LIFE MEMBERS' FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST Tuesday - August 5,1975 Fontainebleau Hotel Miami Beach The Sphinx / December 19 74
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