DD and Membership

2013 WINTER MEETING

Membership Duties of a District Deputy

• Promote:• Empower:• Keep Positive:• Rally local Knights to spread the word and

recruit• Ask councils for progress reports every

month (or more)• Communicate

WHY?

• Membership is going down• Getting harder to promote to officers• Getting harder to find District Deputies• Difficult to run ALL programs needed in

local councils• No energy in councils not recruiting• Dwindling numbers

Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May JunJul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

8,151

8,128

8,126

8,109 8,125

8,129

Green Bay Membership

Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total Membership

Months

Mem

ber

ship

Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

8,140

8,106 8,095 8,089 8,081 8,071

La Crosse Membership

Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total Membership

Months

Mem

ber

ship

Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

7,827 7,802 7,802 7,799 7,799 7,805

Madison Membership

Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total Membership

Months

Mem

ber

ship

Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

8,231 8,206

8,187 8,171 8,172 8,177

Milwaukee Membership

Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total Membership

Months

Mem

ber

ship

Jul 1st Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

4,606 4,602 4,600 4,598 4,602 4,608

Superior Membership

Monthly Target Deaths Lost Members New Members Total MembershipMonths

Mem

ber

ship

Promote

• Where to Promote– District meetings– Council visits– Newsletters

• Council• District• State Newsletter

Empower

• Provide Information–Church drive

• How to run one• How often

–Recruitment materials• Current materials from Supreme• Make their own

EMPOWER

• From Prospect to Member– What is a prospect– What is a candidate– What is a Admission Committee– How often should they have a first

degree– How is the first degree team

Empower

• First Degrees– How often– Scheduled

• When was it scheduled• Did notify anyone

– Reporting • Both 450 and 450C

– Thank the team– Promote the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th degree

• When was the last time in your district

Keep Positive

• Other councils are successful• If we try we will succeed• SMILE• There is help out there

– State Officers– General and Field Agents– Membership Coordinators

Rally local Knights

• Keep them informed– District– Diocese– State

• Keep positive on activities– Nothing works perfect– Do not give up after one try– Try it a different way

Council Reporting

• Encourage reporting early

• Hold councils accountable for late items

• Pester until you get the form

• Make sure they know of the form before it is due

• ASSUME is not as good as KNOW

Communicate

• Lack of communication will cause confusion

• Use method they respond to– Phone – E-mail– Text message– Face to face– Mail