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DISTRICT DEPUTY
Robert J. Caron
42 Elm Street
Wethersfield, CT 06109
e-mail
Council 4122 - Rockville
DISTRICT WARDEN
TBA
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DISTRICT DEPUTY'S MESSAGE
10 Steps to Success as a Grand Knight
- Be Star Council Focused
- Establish a plan of action early in the year on how to attain your membership and insurance goals by June 30th.
- Be sure to submit your council's Columbian Award Application that reports your service programming activities in the areas of Church, community, council, family, and youth before June 30th.
- Membership is KEY!
- Recruitment is everybody's business within your council, especially yours & your officers!
- Approve your council's action plan along with scheduling frequent First Degrees and motivating your council's recruiters.
- Set Goals
- Establish a membership and insurance growth goal for your council to attain.
- Set charitable giving goals for your council to attain during the fraternal year.
- Be Available to your Members
- Remember that you are the Chief Executive Officer of your council.
- Be visible to your council at service activities, recruitment drives and Open Houses.
- Focus on Youth & Leadership
- Ensure that your council considers younger members for officers and chairman positions.
- Be sure that your council has programs and activities that will attract younger prospects and their families.
- Promote our Insurance Program
- Establish a good working relationship with the field agent serving your council.
- Promote our Order's top-rated insurance program to members and their families in your council newsletter and by allowing the agent time to speak at meetings.
- Work with your insurance representative throughout the entire year to attain your Insurance Membership quota.
- Accountability
- Make sure that your council officers realize that they are responsible and accountable for the success of the Order.
- Find the right men to serve in your council's key positions - membership director, program director, lecturer, etc.
- Communicate Your Priorities
- Make Recruitment Priority #1!
- Inform the council of what their priorities should be through a monthly article written by you in the newsletter.
- Be Open to Change!
- Never adjust your goals, constantly assess your attainment of those goals and if needed simply change your approach to attaining these goals.
- Utilize your Resources
- Use your district deputy and state council personnel as resources, they will all serve as invaluable tools toward attaining your council's goals.
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