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The Race Is On for National Membership Day
 National Membership Day — the federation-wide membership drive — is set for Tuesday, May 23. This year the theme is, "Driven to Be the Best," and NAHB members and state and local associations are preparing for this win/win event.
Having the drive helps local associations revitalize and grow their memberships. It can also help them to energize their members, create excitement, build momentum and even enter into a few friendly cross-state, cross-country or member-to-member rivalries.
Members, Start Your Engines
Alan Baggett, the member services coordinator for the Florida Home Builders Association, has set his sights on 1,500 new members as a result of a campaign that began in January with in-state contests and rivalries fueling the drive.
Not to be outdone, Jon Chandler of the Oregon Home Builders Association recently conducted a two-day drive that netted 927 new members.
Pat Inge, of the Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas, reported that the association had a very successful March Madness membership drive
The Momentum Grows
National Membership Day has gained in popularity in recent years, a trend made clear by the growing number of associations pledging their commitment to participate — 150 to date — and organizing fun campaigns around the event.
“I participate because it’s the right thing to do,” said Stephen Gidus, CGR, CGB of the Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando, Fla. “It’s good for us to all rally around membership for one day of the year and do what’s right for our associations. We’d be nothing without a strong membership. NAHB knows that, so they do a nice job of making this work rewarding.”
Membership Day Webcast — and Prizes
New this year are prize opportunities for Webcast viewers. Whirlpool Corporation, the exclusive sponsor of NAHB membership, will be awarding a Gladiator™ Garageworks Chillerator, valued at $999, as a prize for the top recruiter in May.
The Webcast will air on Tuesday, May 23 from 2:00-5:00pm ET at www.nahb.org.
Other prizes available throught he Webcast include:
- A full-day membership strategy session from NAHB’s Affiliate Services
- Five 30-day job postings on NAHB’s new online career center (powered by ConstructionJobs.com)
- A Bose sound system compliments of Williams Scotsman
- Four $100 Hertz rental car gift certificates
- A mobile credit card processing device compliments of Solveras
- A telephone reinstatement campaign conducted by a professional association telemarketing firm
- Four tickets to the Nextel Cup Race at Dover International Speedway on Sunday, June 4 compliments of MBNA
For more information about the 2006 “Driven to Be the Best” campaign, visit www.nahb.org/membershipday, or call the NAHB Membership Team at 800-368-5242 x8440.
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