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Louisiana Knights
POWER KNIGHTS
2006 - 2007 Membership
Program
Welcome to the 2006-2007 Columbian year. I look forward to working with all
of the
Council’s in the State of Louisiana to make this year the best ever for
membership. We are out to get a quick start and hopefully you have begun the
new Columbian Year with a membership Blitz in August. This year’s program
for Louisiana is being promoted as the POWER KNIGHTS. With the power of
recruitment of team members we will reach and exceed all of our membership
goals.
Power Knights: The Power Knights is a monthly membership program that
promotes new membership recruitment, membership retention, and participation
in council programs.
Development Phase: July
- August
Council Grand Knight along with his Council Membership Director selects 8
Power Knights Chairmen to lead each of the council's 8 teams. The chairman
of these teams can be either an elected or selected council officer or they
may chose dynamic recruiters. A co-chairman is recommended to assist with
the recruiting and retention activities.
Every member of the council is assigned to a council team. Teams are
comprised of active and current inactive members. The objective of this
process is to make sure that the entire council membership is assigned to a
Power Knights Team. Ideally teams should not be comprised of more than 20
members. Councils may form additional teams if needed.
Once the teams have been established the Chairmen sends to each of his team
members a Membership Interest Survey. This survey will help the chairman to
determine which council programs the member and his family is most likely to
participate in.
Power Knights Teams Objectives: August - June
Starting in the month of August each team is required to recruit one new
member. Teams are allowed to determine what recruitment tool they chose to
use. Suggested recruitment programs are:
1. One on One or Two on One, asking a Catholic gentleman to join. This
tactic encourages the recruitment of family members, mends, neighbors, or
co-workers.
2. Invitation Program. Sending an invitation to fellow parishioner's team
members may encounter while attending Sunday Mass or other parish functions.
3. Shinning Armor Award, adapting this program for new members
as well as current team members. Special council award given to teams that
achieve 100% of member’s earning the Shinning Armor Award.
4. Welcome back Brother Program: Inviting inactive insurance and former
members to rejoin the Order.
Current council members that are inactive are to be contact each quarter
either by the team leader or a designated team member. This insures that
members who do attend council meetings are kept informed of council
actives.
An active team member who participate in council activities and attends
council meetings regularly, suddenly fails to show-up at council functions
are to be immediately contacted by a Power Knight Team member. The team
member is to determine if a family crisis has created a hardship within the
family structure and then offer to assist his Brother Knight remembering the
principle of the Order, Charity.
Power Knights Membership Program:
Every team recruits one new
member each month. Each team should maintain positive membership growth.
Teams that lose members due to suspensions or withdrawals should recruit
additional members so they may maintain positive membership growth.
Smaller councils with less than 50 members may reduce the number of Power
Knight Teams each team will still be comprised of 10 members.
Larger councils are encouraged to increase the amount Power Knights Teams
formed. Council over 500 should have at least 15 teams, councils over 1000
should form 20 teams. Adding additional teams in larger councils insures
that every member will have some type of personal contact with the council.
Any member who falls in arrears in paying his duties is immediately
contacted by a fellow team member. This procedure will insure that no member
is suspended due to financial hardship.
Teams participating in the Fall and Spring Blitz Membership Drives may use
these membership campaigns to attain their goals if recruitment has not been
positive, or they may use the Blitz Membership Drives as a bonus recruitment
activity.
2006-2007 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
Invest
Promote Communicate
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JUNE 24TH-25TH Presentation to State Family Members
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JULY 22nd – 23rd Presentation at KCLS
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JULY – AUGUST Council Team Development for Power Knights
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AUGUST Power into the new Columbian Year
Blitz
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OCTOBER Celebrate COLUMBUS DAY Blitz
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JANUARY Blasting Into 2007 Blitz
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MARCH FOUNDER’S DAY BLITZ
AUGUST POWER INTO THE NEW COLUMBIAN YEAR
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August 15th Team Development complete
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September 2nd 1st Membership Blitz is completed
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September 16th 1st Degree deadline from Blitz
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September 30th, District Deputy report due to State
Director
OCTOBER- CELEBRATION OF COLUMBUS DAY
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October 12th 2nd Membership Blitz
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November 9th 1st Degree deadline from Blitz
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November 30th, District Deputy report due to State
Director
JANUARY- BLASTING INTO 2007
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January, 2007 3rd Membership Blitz is completed
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February 9th 1st Degree deadline from Blitz
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February 28th District Deputy report due to State
Director
MARCH- FOUNDER’S DAY BLITZ
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March, 2007 4th Membership Blitz is completed
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April 9th, 07 1st Degree deadline from Blitz
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April 30th, 07 District Deputy report due to
State Director
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