Each One, Reach One

The Guild is beginning the third and final year of our membership growth challenge called “Each One, Reach One.” In the past two years the focus has been on Chapter Challenges; the goal for this year is a Member Challenge. During the 2007-08 program year we are all encouraged as individual members to invite local organists and choral directors to our chapter activities. Let’s share the AGO with other musicians in our community and encourage them to join us! It is all based on personal invitation. Don’t wait for others to contact you – seek them out and warmly welcome them.

Think of ways you personally can "reach one." You might make phone calls or send e-mails with personal invitations to chapter activities. You might provide a ride to a chapter event. You might make it a goal to personally attend and bring a friend to every chapter function this year. You might personally invite someone to join the AGO. You might contribute your time, talent, and energy to help your chapter "roll out the red carpet" to guests. We can each contribute ... and the task is too big to be left to one Dean, one Regional officer, one National Headquarters. Be courageous! What will you do?

Download the Membership Challenge Flyer, which contains all the information for this exciting initiative, from www.agohq.org/eachone-reachone/forms/MemberChallengeFlyer.pdf. Because of a generous grant from a donor, National AGO is funding a valuable prize for the five members who bring in the most new members: a free visit to the National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul this summer - including convention registration, bus transportation package, and five nights in the convention hotel - a $1400 value!