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The purpose of this presentation is to share ‘what works’ from many ARS
chapters who have great solutions for growing membership and keeping them.
There are so many other possibilities. If you will take a moment to review the
presentation below and look at the Chapters’ input, you will most likely find
some viable ideas for your chapter.
Sharing information between chapters can be done in so many ways, i.e.
chapter newsletters, work of mouth, the Internet, conferences and conventions,
attending other chapter meeting, and the list goes on.
I hope this information will be of value to you! I’m always interested in
learning what works for you. Please share!
Keep blooming!
Shirley Rock, ARS Membership Chair
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What Works
Growing and Maintaining Membership
By Shirley Rock
ARS Membership
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Introduction
• There are two considerations for membership, i.e. getting new members and keeping them. We usually work at gaining new members and sometimes drop the ball on the current members.
• The following presentation holds no silver bullets.
• What you will see are obvious programs.
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Why visit, join and or belong to a rhododendron chapter?
• Learn
• Social
• New gardener
• More time now, maybe new retiree
• Curiosity
• Continue Learning
• Where to find those rare plants
• ARS quarterly journal – Tips for Beginners
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ARS Invitation to join
• How to use this brochure
• Where to display it
• Have available at projects where the public participates
• Where to obtain the brochures
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Add your chapter’s meeting
information and who to contact
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Where to get the brochures
• Contact Harold Greer via phone or e-mail
• Phone 541-656-8266 or
• E-mail [email protected]
• Pay for postage
• Receive the brochures
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The following are samples of various chapter activities
• Gains exposure for the chapter
• Attracts new members
• Fun for existing members
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Invite the public…Tacoma Chapter
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Cascade Chapter Show and Plant Sale at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens, Bellevue, WA
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Mason Dixon Chapter Truss Show
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New York Chapter – truss competition
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Plant sale by Valley Forge Chapter – find that
special plant that you can’t find any where else.
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Eureka Chapter – Tufa pots
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Mason Dixon Chapter learning to take cuttings
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Scottish Chapter - propagation
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Grow new plants from cuttings Involve the youth! Massachusetts Chapter
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District 9 potting cuttings for convention.
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Learn about rhody pests
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Get as involved as you want - ARS Gold Medal – Kenneth Cox
Scottish Chapter
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Scottish Chapter visiting Heaselands,
England.
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Learn to differentiate: Castle Kennedy, Scotland – identification of R.
hookeri - Scottish Chapter
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See how your peers display rhododendrons - Private Garden tours – Tualatin Valley, Portland, Willamette,
Siuslaw, and Eugene Chapters at Jack Olson’s – District 4.
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See how rhododendrons work with companion plants - Charles Reed Garden Richmond, VA – Mid-
Atlantic Chapters
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Hybrids started with Species - Rhododendron Species Foundation –
Federal Way, WA
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Eureka Chapter members working at Humboldt Botanical Garden's Temperate Woodland Garden planting plants acquired
with ARS Endowment funds.
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Potomac Valley Chapter field trip to Roan Mountain (Smokey Mts), bordering Virginia, Tennessee, and North
Carolina.
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Expeditions to find new species in India, Burma, China - Nagaland
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Books on the subject
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Research – Leach Research Station in Ohio – Midwest Chapters in District 10 – Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, N & S Dakota
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Photography – Learn how to take fantastic photos
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More possibilities – expand your perspective
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Other Program Possibilities
• Four seasons plant program
• Winter protection and repair
• Bonsai
• Container Growing – not everyone has a large yard
• Companion plants
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Chapter samples of hard copy
• Business cards with where, when, contact information
• Roster including chapter history, officers, committee chairs and bylaws
• Membership packets
• Interesting newsletters and websites
• So many possibilities…see the rest of the story
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Finally
• Keep new members involved
• Remove ‘can’t’, ‘won’t work’, ‘we’ve done that before’ from your vocabulary!
• Some new members just naturally get involved – keep them busy!
• Others need to be asked – ask them!
• Notice the difference!
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Summary
• A collection by chapter of what has worked to gain and retain members.
• We hope that your chapter can gain success by applying ‘what works’.
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