In a message dated 8/8/2007 6:00:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hardcastle@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: The membership has only decreased by less than 600 in the last decade. (Probably half of those by our core membership aging and passing.) Has anyone ever thought of trying to contact some of these 600 or so that dropped out over the last decade? (minus those we know who have aged out or passed) Maybe extend an invite to a local club meeting to them. I'm sure some of them got out for reasons that have since changed & if given a little incentive they might get involved again. Heck if the effort got even one or two former members to rejoin & stick around for awhile it would be worth it. The addresses of these former members should be easy to find. Maybe if this was successful we could try it members from further back then just the last decade. Bonnie Jenkins BonJen Shepherds _www.BonJen.com_ (http://www.BonJen.com) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================