Chapters are the backbone and strength of the DKG Society International. Chapters are where members engage in altruistic activities and fellowship, and chapters are the places in which and through which membership grows and strengthens. Chapters engage in activities that are meaningful to their communities. During each biennium, state organization leaders train chapter leaders to carry out the work of DKG at the chapter level. Such leadership development is an integral part of the society.
At regional conferences this summer, international leaders
shared ideas with state organization counterparts, such as the detailed and
practical recruitment plan that can be found on the DKG website. More
significantly, state organization presidents, treasurers, and membership
chairs worked together to discuss strategies and develop plans to encourage chapter
presidents, treasurers, and membership chairs to work as a team when recruiting
new members, retaining current members, and collecting dues in a timely and
manageable manner.
Feedback from attendees was positive. Leaders said they had
ideas to take back to try in their state organizations, including surveying
members for program topics at the time of membership renewal; working together
as a team; and trying various ways of collecting dues.
The overriding goal is to increase membership and the sense of
value in membership…. and it takes a team at each level of the Society to
accomplish this goal for the benefit of all.
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