Membership Game Plan

Membership Game Plan – Blessed Antonio Rosmini Council, 2011-2012

Hello! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Joe Halle and I am the recently-appointed Membership Director for our council. I am a single parent of four wonderful children and one grandchild. We have been members of Saint Francis of Assisi parish since 2008. I’ve been working for Hillsborough County BOCC as a Safety Consultant for the past five years and have worked in the Safety career field for the past 22 years.

The following is my "Game Plan" initiative of ideas to meet & exceed our council’s membership goals for the 2011-2012 Fraternal Year:

1. Hold at least two major membership blitz drives once we coordinate the dates with our council’s officers, including one during the parish ministry drive.

2. Offer membership to our priests who aren’t yet knights, as well as our sponsored seminarian.

3. Make our council more VISIBLE to our parish membership:
a. Establish a generic “combo-card,” combining a "business card" and "recruitment card" so we can provide information and contact options to our potential candidates.

b. Create an email address for interested applicants, and advertise this address on the parish website, our council blog, and print it on the new “combo-card.”

c. Enlist the support of our Fraternal Agent, Tom Cummings, to publicize the benefits of our order’s insurance and financial service products.

d. Create a communication connection with the parish by:
i. Articles & constant identification within the parish bulletin.
ii. Articles & items on the council blog and parish website.
iii. Encouraging our members to increase visibility by wearing their "Red Shirts" at parish activities.

4. Hold & encourage informal recruitment efforts by other means to be discussed within the council.

5. Consider creating a "Round Table" connection with the James Haley VA Hospital and Residence Home. The Fourth Degree already provides support there, and Father David works there as well.

6. Continue to work at connecting the men of our parish’s Spanish community into our council, by means of open communication and a continuous welcome mat of care from our council.

7. Reach out to the young men of our parish, through the various organizations they participate in, to make them aware of the KofC and our council.

This list is a big one, and I am always open to your ideas, too. Our grand knight has pledged his support to these ideas, and I will also reach out to you for your help. If we can do at least some or most of these, I know we will exceed our council’s membership goals. By working together, I know we can advance both in membership and visibility to serve our parish, our community and each other.

Thank you and God bless you!

Joe Halle