Welcome to P.I.T. Training

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IT IS FEZtastic TO BE HERE!!
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MEMBERSHIP SUCCESS ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY THE
PRICE??
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THE ANSWER HAS TO BE YES!!
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• CHANGE
• OUR ATTITUDE
• THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
• WORK HARDER FOR MEMBERSHIP

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VEGETARIANS MY FOOD POOPS ON YOUR FOOD
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Membership January 1, 2010
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You are losing approx 29 Members per day
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Suspensions Past 30 years
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GOOD MEN HAVE BEEN LOST ON
OUR MEMBERSHIP ROSTERS
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Men who joined since 2002 Past 8 years
9,328 MEMBERS DEMITTED/ NPD
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2009
Year Start 192,859 Initiations 2,652
Restorations 2,103 Suspensions/
7,807 Demits Deaths 7,692 Year
End 182,142 Net Loss -10,717
DOWN over 2008 (-375) UP Over 2008
1008 UP over 2008 268 Down over
2008 (-65) Down from 2008 DOWN over 2008
(-373)
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MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT
IS YOUR VALLEY DOING ITS PART? ARE YOU WORKING
FOR MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT?
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MEMBERSHIP IMPROVEMENT
EXPECTATIONS GOALS RESULTS
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Websters Dictionary EXPECTATION The
anticipation of an occurrence or outcome
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Websters Dictionary GOAL The end toward which
effort is directed
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Websters Dictionary RESULT A consequence or
conclusion
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BELIEVE YOU CAN!!
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Henry Ford If you think you can you can. If
you think you cant -youre right.
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Thomas Edison If we did the things we are
capable of we would astound ourselves.
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IDEAS
IDENTIFY IMPORTANT AREAS DEVELOP QUALITY
PROGRAMS IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS MEASURE SUCCESS
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Valley Dues TODAY 500 MEMBERS 75 / year
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Valley Dues 2020 250 MEMBERS 200 / year
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Per Capita Tax WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE IN THE
YEARS AHEAD!!
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Valley Dues 2020 250 MEMBERS 250 / year
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FINANCES - FUTURE

• Expenses will continue to RISE
• Revenues will DECREASE unless dues are INCREASED
• Loss of membership because of dues increases

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WHATS NEEDED???? IMPROVEMENT BY EVERYONE
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Up until NOW
NO EXPECTATIONS NO GOALS FEW RESULTS
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NEED 5 YEAR PLAN
EXPECTED IMPROVEMENT INITIATIONS
SUSPENSIONS RESTORATIONS MENTORIING REWARDS
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THE PLAN WILL WORK IF YOU BELIEVE IT WILL WORK!!
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GOLD MEMBERSHIP AWARD Lower Delaware Aroostook Mid
dletown
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MEMBERSHIP AWARD What about the rest?? 100
VALLEYS
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Yogi Berra You got to be careful if you dont
know where you are going because you might not
get there.
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Thomas Jefferson I am a great believer in luck
and I find the harder I work the more I have of
it.
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THE SILVER BULLET
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SILVER BULLET

• BLUE LODGE RELATIONS
• Know your Grand Master and support him
• Attend Lodge regularly
• Shared activities that are designed to build
  trust
• Offer Scottish Rite program at lodge
• Send monthly communication to area lodges from
  Valley
• Appoint Masonic Lodge Ambassadors from Valley

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Membership Essentials

• Recruitment
• Retention - Mentoring
• Restoration
• Blue Lodge Relations
• Philanthropy Story
• Technology

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MEMBERSHIP

• IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH AND EVERY
  MEMBER TO BE A PART OF THE VALLEY MEMBERSHIP
  EFFORT!!

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Membership Development

• Recruit quality men of good character who support
  family, community, and country
• There are 1.5 million Masons in United States
  only approx 30 of them are Scottish Rite Masons
• Expose Scottish Rite quality values, features and
  benefits to these men

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THE TIME IS NOW!!

• LESS than 185,000 members in Northern
  Jurisdiction
• Losing many of our old good members
• MUST COMMIT TO MEMBERSHIP
• Manpower Money Time - Programs

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THE FUTURE OF SCOTTISH RITEIS IN YOUR HANDS

• MUST RECOMMIT TO MEMBERSHIP
• MUST DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY
• FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!!

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THE FUTURE OF SCOTTISH RITEIS IN YOUR HANDS

• GREAT ORGANIZATION
• SHARE IT WITH OTHERS
• TELL YOUR PHILANTHROPIC STORY

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CAN YOU DO IT?? IS IT WORTH IT??
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YES
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Membership is HARD WORK!!
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GO HOME ICE YOUR MEMBERS
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Isn't it great to be a Scottish Rite - Mason?
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• GOOD
• LUCK!!