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AGA's 2006-07 Member-Get-A-Member Campaign (MGAM) - Reach for the Stars - Results

This year we focused on recruiting the rising stars – we call them early career and tomorrow’s professionals - individuals just starting out in their careers, with less than 3 years of experience. Finding and developing AGA leaders of tomorrow is so very important to AGA’s future as well as to the future of our profession!

Thank you to everyone who recruited members into AGA this year! Four hundred and twenty members sponsored 957 new members! A total of 2,106 new members joined AGA during the 2006-2007 program year. And 283 of these new members are early careers. Congratulations!!

Prizes!!

• Recruit 2 members and start earning AGA Dollars. You’ll earn 5 AGA Dollars for each new member that joins. Recruit 2 members, earn 10 AGA Dollars, recruit 4 members, earn 20 AGA Dollars and so on. A total of $3,455 AGA Dollars will be awarded to member sponsors.
   

• Recruit 6 members by December 31, 2006 and receive your next year’s membership dues renewal FREE.
  Sheila Arrington, Virginia Peninsula Chapter - 30 members; James Kennedy, CGFM, Central Ohio Chapter - 27 members; Stephanie Paschel, Cleveland Chapter - 16 members; Janet Brooks, CGFM, Northern Virginia Chapter - 13 members; Nauri Ahmed, CGFM, Richmond Chapter - 12 members; Thalia Davis, New York Capital Chapter - 11 members; Ken Sifontes, New York Chapter - 10 members; Chris Wolseley, Guam Chapter - 10 members; Brenda Ryan, New York Capital Chapter - 8 members; and Karen Doyle, CGFM, Maine Chapter - 7 members.
   

• Recruit 10 or more members by March 31, 2007 and get placed into a fishbowl drawing for FREE roundtrip airfare and registration to AGA’s 2007 Professional Development Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Recruit 10 members, get one chance at the drawing, recruit 16 members, get seven chances and so on.  James J. Kennedy, CGFM – Central Ohio Chapter

Spotlight on Early Career/Tomorrow’s Professionals New Members

• A $500 American Express Gift Cheque will be awarded to the AGA member who recruits the most new Early Career members during the MGAM.
  James J. Kennedy, CGFM - Central Ohio Chapter (26 recruited)

Sponsor Achievement Awards and Recognition

• Recruiter of the Year (1 winner) - The member who recruits the most new members from May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007 will be bestowed with the Recruiter of the Year distinction and receive complimentary AGA national meeting registration.
  Sheila Arrington - Virginia Peninsula Chapter - 59 New Members Recruited
   
• Top Sponsor (2 winners) – The next two members who recruit the highest amount of new members from May 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007 will each be bestowed with the Top Sponsor distinction and each receive a complimentary AGA national meeting registration.
  James J. Kennedy, CGFM - Central Ohio Chapter - 42 New Members
  Stephanie Kay Paschel - Cleveland Chapter - 29 New Members
   
• Chapter Overall Growth – The chapter achieving the highest overall growth percentage in their chapter size grouping for the membership year will each win a complimentary AGA national meeting registration. Chapters can designate whom to award the registration to. Each chapter president and membership chair will also be presented with an achievement plaque.

Group A (300 or more members):
Richmond Chapter – 25% Growth
Jennifer Cavedo – President
Nauri Ahmed, CGFM – Membership Chair
Miriam Daughtry – Membership Chair

Group B (150-299 members):
Virginia Peninsula Chapter – 19% Growth
Cecelia Smith – President
Sheila Arrington – Membership Chair

Group C (100-149 members):
Greater Columbus Chapter – 21% Growth
Lori Mikesell – President

Group D (50-99 members):
Albuquerque Chapter – 29% Growth
Javier Machuca – President

Group E (21-49 members):
Roanoke Chapter – 56% Growth
Deanna Cox – President
Brenda Flora – Membership Chair