Minutes – March 6, 2023

District 1 Membership Committee
March 6, 2023 @ 6pm EST  7pm AST    on Zoom

Attendees: Lt. Gov. Donna Raycraft, Mary Knight, Maida Follini, Diane Lestage, Dana Fraser, Lisa Emery, Regina Caines, Janice Tatarka
Membership Chairs Missing: Bonnie Haghkerdar, Rosanne Frieri, Nicole LaMattina, Jayma Hall, Joan Lanzillo-Hahesy

Donna Raycraft called the meeting to order at 6:05.   She checked in with each member and thanked us for coming to share and learn

Add Your Voice Campaign in April, May.  https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/recruitment/
Set an intention to mention your affiliation with ZONTA – talk about your experiences and try to sign up as many individuals as possible. They pay full membership for 2024 and get April and May free. This page has useful tools, suggestions, posters, etc.
More voices are needed to hep build a better world for women and girls.

Great resource for you (and all members” of your club) – Please Share Membership.ZontaDistrict1.org
Take a tour!  We have accumulated some good information for clubs to use as resources and tools.  Ask members to each choose a tab and report back on what they found useful and why.

Ideas Shared

• Including “Membership” on the meeting agenda is helpful for keeping the topic front and center. Be enthusiastic and share things you learn from this meeting and the membership.ZontaDistrict1.org website.
• Tabling opportunities are a great way to share info about Zonta. SHARE A TABLE WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION!
• If you club needs a great handout – contact Mary to get a new brochure she has printed – 25 for $15.
• When your club gives out money for causes in your community, suggest members of those organizations should join Zonta
• Use Facebook to share events, activities, education awards, new members, achievements of all sorts. “Borrow” posts from ZI and other clubs. Ask members to comment and share. Not a FB person?  Find someone in or out of the club who would be willing to spend 15 minutes every couple of weeks – make them honorary Zontians!
• Send letters to the editor about events or issues your club is advocating for. Get Zonta’s name out there.
• News releases to local papers – the public needs to hear the name ZONTA lots of times to finally sink in!
• Invite past education awardees to join your club or the new e-Club!
• Invite BUSY people to join. If they really care about gender equality, they will find the time.
• Retired members may not have coworkers they can invite, but they still have networks to tap. Think about folks in church, social clubs, services and shops you frequent, etc.

The next meeting is April 3^rd  at 6pm EST, 7pm AST
Note:  Mary is out of town that day – notetaker needed.

We adjourned at about 7:00

Sincerely, Mary Knight, Notetaker