Membership | Altrusa International District Nine

MEMBERSHIP ACCELERATION

Discovery - the growth of your Club

Power - the vitality of your Club

Learning - the strength of your Club

Discovery

The Discovery Action Team is here to help you and your club find your missing members. Diversity keeps our clubs vibrant, energized, and enhances our creativity!

In order to thrive, we must strengthen our clubs through diversification and expand our membership. The Discovery Action Team serves as a support for your club to identify who you are missing from your membership, where you might discover them, and how you can engage them.

To reach the Discovery Team, reach out to the Discovery Team at Membership@AltrusaDistrictNine.org or Request assistance from the Discovery Team

Discovery PowerPoint Presentation - Finding New Altrusans

Discovery handout

Power

The Power Acceleration Team is available to help small or struggling clubs make a comeback. All Altrusa clubs face setbacks. Our purpose is to break down the greatest challenges clubs face that may impact their membership and find creative ways to help clubs thrive.

The team has developed several action teams to help struggling clubs including:

Healthy Club Survey – This anonymous survey is distributed to the club members of the small club and based on the results, the Power Acceleration Team is able to determine what solutions are available to assist the small club.

Swarmers – A swarmer is an extra set of hands or mouths at small club membership events. They will help man a booth or sit with a potential member during a membership event. Many small clubs face challenges engaging visitors or potential new members because the majority of club members are involved in the running of meetings or events.

Community Connectors – Our community connectors will assist small clubs in identifying and connecting community partners and membership sources to the small club.

Speakers Bureau – These superstar speakers will be available to speak to groups of non-Altrusans about the gift of joining Altrusa and our rich history and mission.

While the assistance of the Power Acceleration Team is completely voluntary, we are available to all District Nine clubs. The Power Acceleration Team stands ready to assist any club facing a setback develop their Comeback Plan.

Please feel free to reach out to the Power Acceleration Team at Membership@AltrusaDistrictNine.org or Request assistance from the Power survey. We are ready to help!

The comeback is always STRONGER than the SETBACK!

Learning

The Learning Team is here to assist Altrusans in learning about all aspects of Altrusa, from our rich history to understanding our bylaws and policies. Our teams include:

The Brand Driver Team, who is exploring all aspects of our brand drivers that will make the Altrusa brand recognizable in all of our communities.

The Transformer Team, who is here to share their knowledge about Altrusa with club presentations on Altrusa topics the club wants to learn more about.

Historical Team, who is here to capture and share the rich heritage of District Nine and Altrusa by assisting with club archiving, writing articles about our history, revising the District History Book, develop a collection of photographs for club and District use and explore ways to bring the Altrusa History to life.

Presentations team, whose purpose is to educate members on basic tenets of Altrusa by writing articles, short presentations, webinars or video scripts.

If you have something to share about Altrusa, please contact the Learning Team

Membership@AltrusaDistrictNine.org or Request assistance from the Learning Team

Preserve Your Club's History

Preserve Your Club’s History

by Debbie Mabry

District Nine 2021-23 Membership Chair

Several months ago, I was looking through articles from old copies of the International Altrusan for research for an “Inspiration” for the International Convention. As I was reading through the many pages of stories of projects and programs from 80 to 100 years ago, I was overcome with a sense of thankfulness that I was able to go to these documents and learn about our history. Without these old issues being properly archived, much of this history would probably have been lost. Our club’s history is also a valuable asset to our future generations of Altrusans and needs to also be properly archived.