Friday, November 19, 2010

Mail Bag

Hi all, I've been settling back into the way of life since the FOCL Conference.  I am so impressed by the great job that was done and by the number of people that attended representing so many Friends groups.

In the last week or so, I've received some email questions and will be sharing them with you as I receive them.


From Penny:
We currently only send thank you's to new life members, and those making donations over and above the membership amount. Based on all I heard Saturday, I would like to send thank you's to all the rest of the members - new and renewal - wonder if you think a hand written postcard would be ok (short, save postage) or it really needs to be a proper note card ?  thank you!

To Penny:
Actually postcard idea sounds great. It's isn't the actual "form" in as much as it is the actual "thank you" you send to your members. As we heard from the conference, Thank You is so important.  You need to look at your budget for membership and plan accordingly for either postcards, note cards and the postage.

Couple of ideas for your postcard: Have some information preprinted, such as; your logo, address and phone number of how to get in touch with you, and your website address. You won't need the postal service "Address Service Requested" as you are writting to current members.

Depending on your budget, you might make the postcards available to all your committee chairs so they can send quick notes to those members that volunteer.

Great Job Penny

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