Two Today For Serra

Our speaker for the October dinner meeting was Jim Vredenburg our VP for Membership. Jim began by showing a video entitled “Spirit of Serra”.

After the video Jim introduced the members of the membership committee. They are: Luis Diaz, Sheila Galis, Al Hydak, Charles Jones, Ben Kloesel, Gerald Santiago and Pat LaPosta.

The mission of the committee is to increase the membership. They have been working very hard since the committee was established in early August and have had three meetings. Their goal is to increase the membership by 50 percent. This means bringing in seventeen new members. They will need every members help if they are to accomplish this goal.

They are going to conduct a member ship drive using the theme “Two Today for Serra”. The drive will be conducted as follows:
Members will be asked to furnish two names of individuals to be invited to a guest information night. These individuals will be invited by the committee. Guest information night will be held in late January. At the
conclusion of the information night invitees will be asked if they wish to join. Follow-up will be made on those who do not make a yes or no response.

An additional guest information night maybe scheduled if some of the invitees are unable to attend the January event. Formal induction of the new members will be held on a date and time to be determined latter. Goal would be to have this no later than March.

The first step will be for each member to furnish the names of at least two individual interested in learning about Serra. Prior to submitting anyone’s name the member should ask the individual if they have heard of Serra and
would they be interested in learning more about Serra. Tell them we are planning a guest information night and would like to invite them to attend. Stress that the main purpose of the meeting is to provide information about Serra, however, if after the presentations they desire to join our club membership applications will be available.

The plans for the guest information night are in the formation stage, but I would envision starting with the video “Spirit of Serra” which you have just seen. This would be followed by presentations about our club activities, how the club operates and spiritual benefits.

Committee members distributed the Two Today for Serra cards. You will use these cards to submit names of individuals to be invited to the guest information night. Please complete the cards and return them at next month’s dinner meeting. If you cannot return them at the meeting please mail them to me at 1702 Kingsborough Drive, Arlington, TX 76015.

Jim stressed that we need everyone’s help and we need your prayers if we are to succeed. If you were not at the meeting and/or need additional cards please contact Jim at 817-557-3497 and he will mail them to you. Jim will be out of town the week of October 13th but you can leave a message or call later.