These additional members are desperately needed to fill the many vacancies, to enlarge working committees beyond single members, and to relieve the many willing workers who hold more than one office. They are needed immediately.
Sadly, your [[Consuls]] have essentially zero skills in designing and managing a recruitment program, and we have lost the services of our one [[Directors|Director]] with expertise in this field. Thus the most important vacancy in our Society is that of [[Marketing ChairmanCommittee|marketing director]] or [[Membership ChairmanCommittee|recruitment chairman]]. Failing that, we must chose between hiring one and slowly fading into history despite the best efforts of all hands.
A second challenge we feel unequal to is hiring help with the Requests For Proposals recently issued. Here we have a case of a fairly clear problem, funds to address it, and a lack of willing vendors. Should this status persist, Consuls are prepared to learn how to do such things, but it will take large amounts of time away from other activities, which we are reluctant to do. While most encouraging, the recently identified firm will not be able to satisfy all of our needs, though perhaps the most urgent will be met.