TEAM AFSA,

Simply put...WE NEED MEMBERS!  Specifically, we (Chapters) can NOT simply rely on the handful of potential FTAC or ALS Airmen we can pull once a month or every six weeks.  We NEED active, motivated and organized recruiting efforts.  We NEED a recruiting team! 

Sadly, I have seen many chapters drift away from recruiting as a core competency and instead operate in a quasi "Booster Club" fashion.  Hiding AFSA's message inside some Top 3 or Base event.  Granted, this may provide fodder for yoru Americanism reports; however active and focused recruiting will be the ONLY way AFSA will survive.

Time and time again i have seen chapters "in-breed" their buddies for key leadership postions; only to dicover that the true intent was to massproduce EPR bullets.  This is detremental to the chapter and AFSA as a whole.  Instead, chapters need to select motivated, dedicated and committed people--people who have AFSA's entire vision and best interests in mind.  Not, just the four gates which surround a base.

Warriors, I encourage each one of you to recruit just one person each this week.  I encourage you ti engage with your chapter leadership and get onboard with regular, focused recruiting and retention events.  Simply put, we  NOT let the true backbone of AFSA die--membership!

Its a responsibility for ALL of us especially for our elected AFSA officials!

Matthew R. "Mad Dog" Becker

Chapter 984