REPORT OF (HE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Page 9

 

The membership committee is pleased to report a con-
siderable measure of success in adding new members to the Association.
Every college coach in the country has been contacted end many of
the men in secondary schools, In the Fourth District alone over
two hundred high school coaches were given information about and an
opportunity to Join the Association. Over a thousand letters were
sent out by Committee members the country over urging the advantages
of our banding together to make basketball a better game and to keep
it in the hands of those most interested.

The delay in deciding the convention dates handicapped us
somewhat in the final drive for membershin and for attendance at this
convention, but registrations indicate that we are to have one of the
largest conventions to date.

Experience shows that personal contacts are the primary
influences in interesting coaches to join associations and attend
conventions. Hence andy enthusiastic menber becomes a salesman for
the organization.

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-The two best promotional times are just as the season
starts when everycoach is interested in bulletins and information.
Then at the season's end when they like to get together ad pool
their experiences and plan for the future.

From the membership standpoint the cooperation of every
coach is needed to hely make the bulletin a real news md educational
agency. Our editor needs cooperation from every section in order to
maxe the Bulletin indesrensable to the Basketball Fraterni’y.

In every section, league, conference and college, our
members should talk up the value of coonerative effort in building
the future of our great game.

Two sections have this year more than doubled their member-
ship and this has been vartly due to the personal enthusiasm of those
in the area already members,

The change in dues from straight $5.00 to $2.00 for those
not able to attend the convention has helped keep our membership more
stable. Formerly too often we found memberships being allowed to
lapse where the members could not attent 6he convenvion.

More definite information concerning membershinv costs and
privileges needs to be incorporated in next year's promotional
literature.

The number of secondary school members is increasing and
this represents a fine trend.