CRAFT Needs Your Help

from Susan Shapiro, Art and Soul Gifts

As chairperson of the Membership Committee, I've been asked to develop and implement strategies that will attract new members to CRAFT and maintain/sustain our current membership.  I need help to accomplish this.  I'm looking for folks willing to join the membership committee - anyone who can think creatively (wow; that encompasses all of us!) about ways to encourage craft business owners and artists to join CRAFT and help this organization achieve its goals (promoting the sale of fine craft and art and supporting those who create and sell American craft).  I anticipate that the committee initially will meet one hour monthly via telephone conference call to discuss strategies and a work plan. We also will need to follow-up by e-mail or telephone on leads generated at shows and conferences.  
  

In order to determine what attracts people to join CRAFT, outreach to current members of CRAFT may yield important information for planning.  Members of this committee, the board of directors, and other interested individuals may be asked to call 10 - 15 CRAFT members over a two month period to ascertain why they joined CRAFT, why they maintain their membership, and what else CRAFT can do to further support them.

Please call me at (401) 461-4511 [store] OR (401) 263-7876 [cell], or send an e-mail to me at susan@artandsoulgifts.com if you are interested in working on the membership committee, or in working on the survey of current members.
 

If membership doesn't interest you, there are many other areas in which you can help CRAFT, such as social media marketing, website maintenance, booth coverage, team coordinators, and fiscal management.  Contact Karen Hohler at  kshohler@gmail.com or 617-571-5267 to learn more about these needs and the contact person for each area.