Minutes – May 1, 2023

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

Attendees: Lt. Gov. Donna Raycraft, Mary Knight, Diane Lestage, Joan Lanzillo-Hahesy, Jayma Hall and Seren Derin
Membership Chairs Missing: Bonnie Haghkerdar, Maida Follini, Nicole LaMattina, Dana Fraser, Lisa Emery, Regina Caines, Janice
Tatarka
Donna Raycraft called the meeting to order at 6:05. She welcomed Jackie from the Berkshire Club and asked each attendee to report
on the number of current members. Berkshire – 30, Chelsea No. Shore – 18, Concord – 33, Northampton – 9, Quaboag – 20.
Next, we watched a 40 minute video called How to Recruit and Retain Younger Members. All clubs are encouraged to watch with
interested members. It is filled with great ideas on how to plan for and approach younger members, and how to engage and retain
them. It is posted at https://membership.zontadistrict1.org/recruitment/
Feedback from attendees was very positive and generated some additional ideas to try in their clubs. Joan reminded us to try to leap
frog: get 50 year olds on board – they know 40 year olds who know 30 year olds, etc.
HOMEWORK – an idea from the video is to check your website from a phone (as younger members do) and see what 1st impression it
makes. NOTE from Mary Knight – contact info@zontadistrict1.org if you need help with sprucing up that home page. .

The next meeting is June 5th at 6pm EST, 7pm AST

We adjourned at about 7:08
Sincerely, Mary Knight, Notetaker