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Membership Committee
Purpose:
To promote Chapter membership, select new members
consistent with membership criteria, conduct new member
orientation and other activities to successfully integrate
new members, and publish and distribute membership
promotion and renewal communications and Chapter
membership directory.
Objectives:
- Develop a membership recruitment plan and calendar of
prospective member events to actively increase membership
and promote membership in the Chapter and SHRM.
- Strengthen the partnership between the Chapter and SHRM
national through the promotion of SHRM’s Value in Partner-
ship (VIP) Program.
- Establish and maintain a member service table at
Chapter meetings that includes SHRM membership
promotional materials.
- Utilize, at least semi-annually, SHRM member listings to
target at-large members for Chapter membership through
recruitment mailings and/or personal contact.
- Develop and recommend methods for new member recruitment
and member retention, such as presentation of certificates or
pins for new members, greeting new members at Chapter
meetings, new member orientation, and service recognition
of members.
- Review applications for membership and advice applicants
of acceptance/denial (review of unusual situations should
be conducted by the Chapter Executive Committee).
- Develop a formal procedure for offering members who
are in career transition with a member fee option to remain as
a member.
- Utilize list of members who do not renew to conduct a phone-a-
thon to encourage rejoining the Chapter.
- Periodically review media communications for new HR
professional appointment and business promotion activities
for potential membership opportunities.
- Target mailings to CEOs of local companies on the benefits
of Chapter membership.
- Coordinate with Chapter Secretary to maintain and update
appropriate response to requests for information about
membership and membership materials, such as applications,
promotional brochures, membership renewal forms, etc.
- Coordinate with Chapter Secretary to verify and maintain
membership roster and to develop and distribute membership
directory.
Membership Committee News
by Jan Poulin, Chair
Please join me in welcoming Ms. Mary Connor to the Membership
committee. Ms. Connor is currently in the role of HR Manager at Cox Communications
in Warwick. Mary brings strong recruitment experience to the committee and
we welcome her to the team.
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