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Advancement Letter October 24, 2011
If you are looking to encourage your eligible members to advance from Associate to Member grade, here is a great email template you can use.
Sample New Member Letter October 6, 2011
Here’s another great sample letter that you can send to your new chapter members:
Welcome Correspondence to New Chapter Member from MP Chair.
Good afternoon, <New Member Name>.
I am writing today on behalf of the <Chapter Name> ASHRAE Chapter, as I am currently serving as the Membership Promotion Chair. It was brought to my attention that you recently joined ASHRAE, and our Chapter, through the <Name of Conference>. I would like to welcome you to ASHRAE, and to the <Chapter Name> ASHRAE Chapter.
You have chosen to join a wonderful organization! As I’m sure you may be aware, membership in ASHRAE has many benefits including:
- Access to the latest and best technical information in the HVAC&R industry
- Professional development
- Networking with peers
As a member of the <Chapter Name>, you are entitled to reduced meeting fees and free PDH credits for the technical presentations that are held. Chapter dues are <Dues Amount> per year, <any information about dues specials for new members>.
The <Chapter Name> typically holds its meetings on <date of meeting>, at the <location>. I have attached a schedule of the year’s meetings for your reference; I do hope that you will be able to join us at some (or all!) of the meetings.
<If applicable, mention any upcoming shows, events or noteworthy occasions>.
Again, welcome to the <Chapter Name>ASHRAE Chapter. I, along with the other Chapter officers, look forward to seeing you soon at a meeting!
Best regards,
<Your Name>
<Chapter Name>, Membership Promotion Chair
<Contact information>
August 25, 2011
A great sample welcome email for your new members…
Hi <New Member First Name>,
Good afternoon! I wanted to take a moment to welcome you to the ASHRAE Southern Piedmont Chapter! It is a pleasure to have you on board, and hopefully I will have the opportunity to meet you at an upcoming meeting. Our first chapter meeting of the season is next Thursday, September 1, at Byron’s Southend, 11:30am-1pm. You should receive a newsletter with more information or you can go to our website at www.spashrae.com.
Also, the ASHRAE annual Winter Conference is scheduled for January 21-25in Chicago. You can see more information about this at www.ashrae.org. We hope to see you there as well! If you have any questions, I am your local Membership Promotion Chair. Feel free to contact me anytime and I look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
MP Chair name
MP Chair full contact information
Membership Promotion Chairs – work with August 24, 2011
Membership Promotion Chairs – work with your local chapter Publicity Chairs to effectively promote your program and bring in new members!
Check out this tool made by volunteer Ro August 24, 2011
Check out this tool made by volunteer Roger Jones, to help chapters manage their Membershp Promotion PAOE… http://ow.ly/d/jwd
Chapters – would you mind us removing gr August 16, 2011
Chapters – would you mind us removing grade change from the chapter change report? You only count advancements (associate to member) and student transfers (student to associate). Grade change seems to be confusing folks with PAOE, and it’s not relative to PAOE…thoughts?
Did you know ASHRAE has trained 179 youn August 10, 2011
Did you know ASHRAE has trained 179 young leaders at YEA Leadership Weekend? WOW!
