Committee Contact EMail: Membership.Development@REACTIntl.org
Committee Chairman: Jerry Jones, KF5LOX (TX)

The following responsibilities for the Membership Development and Retention Committee serve as guidelines for committee operation. These guidelines are subject to change as situations may warrant.

• Research, develop and maintain recruitment programs attracting new members to the REACT Auxiliary Communications program as they relate to standards of the regular, junior, affiliate and life memberships.
  • Develop membership recruitment material with the Public relations committee targeting all classes of membership.
  • Research and develop a membership handbook outlining membership recruitment and retention of regular, junior, affiliate and life memberships.
  • Research and develop junior and affiliate membership program to advance these members towards regular membership when appropriate.
  • Work with all Regional Director and teams in membership recruitment.

• Research, develop and maintain retention programs of members separating from all classes of REACT membership.
  • Receive a list of teams, with contact information, that have not renewed in April of each year for membership follow-up.
  • Reach out to each non-renewed team to speak with a team representative and document all possible reasons for member separation, to include;
    • Identifying reason for members and or teams opting for non-renewal
    • Identifying types of Team activities as related to non-renewal.
    • Identifying typical training for these Team activities that may improve renewal
    • Identifying perceived role of REACT International assisting team membership retention by asking: “what can REACT International do to help teams retain members”
    • Identifying team satisfaction with the frequency of contact by regional directors.
  • Assist all Regional Directors in recruiting separated teams and members
  • Assist all Regional Directors with specific recruitment and retention concerns when requested.
• Research membership policies, training, handbook and other publication concerns of separated membership and propose recommendations to the Board of Directors as it relates to membership retention. 
• Research, develop and maintain a membership feedback program providing member input to the committee regarding team needs of attracting new members.