As for the second job, the Board has failed completely at developing membership. The number of members today is essentially unchanged from that when the Consuls first assumed their posts in 2007. This is a problem as we cannot find enough willing hands to support the programs of the Society, or even to fill the seats on the Board. The Board has recently tried advertising in a couple of places, but there is as yet no Membership Chairman, no [[Membership Committee]], no campaign, no program or policy designed specifically to encourage people to join. This is a failure, and one that will cause our Society to evaporate if not corrected.
At the third job, developing sufficient revenue, the Board has also failed. This is only partly due to the failure to develop membership, though that’s a part of it. Where previous Boards had established annual fundraisers as assessments, requiring participation, the current Board is unwilling to assess even $25 for the [[“Buy"Buy-A-Box” Box" Fund]] (our most popular program to date). Further, the Board has exempted themselves from required participation in revenue programs, demonstrating an unwillingness to lead by example, and discouraging others from contributing thereby. For if the cost of membership is too great for the taste of our leaders, why should our members value it more highly?
These failures might be trivial if the Society’s expenses were essentially constant, but they are not. Our storage units’ rent has been rising faster than our dues, and the Consuls’ fee for the use of their home as [[Headquarters]] has been and will continue to double each year. If naught else, this alone will soon financially cripple the Society.
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