respond, send a second reminder about two months later explaining in more detail why the payment is essential for the party’s work. In a third and final reminder you can appeal to the conscience of the “sinner” as nonpayment not only harms the party but is also a lack of solidarity with other paying members. You should also indicate that non-payment will lead to expulsion from the party in accordance with the party statutes. Membership fees Many party members tend to be lazy and careless concerning both active involvement and payment of membership fees. By ensuring you have up-todate contact details you can get in touch proactively with your members ; they feel flattered and the chance of a favourable response (active engagement and payments) is much higher.
Chapters 4 and 5 elaborated on structures and roles that you should develop for a functioning party. The following chapter shows how you can channel your members’ motivation to provide added value to your party’s activities and to increase public awareness of you. As stated above, people become members for different reasons. Many want to become actively engaged and want to be assigned a helping role. The next chapter presents many examples of how and where to engage your members in party activities.
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