Take the Worry out of Making Your Membership Goal

How would you like to take the worry out of making your quarterly membership goal? Take advantage of the policy that allows you to get more members than you need one quarter and carry the “excess” forward into future quarters until that “excess” is used up. It’s just like having a bank balance from which scheduled withdrawals are made each quarter. Just keep the balance larger than the withdrawal will be and you’ll always be set – without those last minute worries.

Remember both quarterly goals (.75% and the 1.5% levels) are based on your October 1 membership and rounded DOWN to the nearest half member (since you can get cadets, students or junior enlisted for that half-credit).

So if you need 6 per quarter (at the .75% level) but get 15 in a given quarter, we’ll use 6 for that quarter, 6 for the next quarter, leaving you a balance of 3 toward the 6 you need in the third quarter. We will do the same at the 1.5% level.

You pay attention to your bank balance before you write a check or use a debit card. Why not handle your membership “balance” the same way? Develop a cushion to cover those “down” periods of summer vacations and the winter Holidays so that you never miss getting full membership credit.

Try it. It works!

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