Focused Membership Drives
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 to 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