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Inspire. Unite. Achieve.

Growing Your Club

by VP Membership Rhonda Lacy
[email protected]

‘Tis the Season of Membership!

Ladies, we did have some successes with this last election cycle, but we also had many losses and very narrow wins. OUR
membership, OUR ladies of TFRW worked so hard to block walk, phone call, and support our candidates. Thank-you blessed
workers! But now, I truly hope we can move into sharing our great message and Republican values with more and more
women in our state who NEED to be joining with us. The task going forward is NOT just for this year, but for the fifteen
months of preparation before our next primary cycle.

In 2018, we lost almost 1,000 members from our organization. Going forward in 2019, we not only need to encourage all
ladies to rejoin us, but we need to reach out to a vast sea of women moving to our state. Immediately, TFRW needs for
EVERY CLUB TO:
• Send in your first submission of members as soon as • Plan New Member Teas and CHATs, and remember to
possible. Do NOT wait until January 1, 2019. All clubs can include new board members and elected officials.
submit even two or three submissions before January 1.
• This year in order to TEACH our membership, I am going
• Send your new officers list with contact information to encourage our clubs to add a five or ten minute
“Educational Moment” to your general meetings.
• New AND old officers need to WORK TOGETHER for a
Our full memberships need to be educated. I would
smooth transition
encourage you to begin with THREE very important
issues:
• 2018 Membership Chairs – Begin the 2019 Membership
process of adding new members NOW. Involve the new
1. REVIEW the John Goodwin Tower Award.
Membership Chair, and please don’t abandon her.
2. REVIEW the hierarchy/organization of our Texas Court
• Treasurers – SEND in the $15.00 dues for each member
System. [Remember, just in the contested appellate
and include the annual $20.00 service charge.
races we lost 30 out of 31 seats.]
• Hold Membership Events NOW, and re-up as many as
3. PRINT copies of the New Member Brochure on the
possible
TFRW website for ALL of your Membership. LINK.
• Plan your Calling Parties to regain every 2018 member

Congratulations to our NEWEST CLUBS! Including one of these new clubs, our SD 29 District Director
Jennifer Howell is having an induction of officers and
Texas Cactus Rose Republican Women including ALL THREE El Paso clubs together with National
Committeewoman Toni Anne Dashiell officiating. Great show
Texas Gulf Coast Republican Women of unity!

We WILL NOT let the Democrats shake our state like they did
Jackson County Republican Women this election cycle.

Don’t Mess With Texas Republican Women!

Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!

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