Membership Committee

Goal: To develop a diverse group of highly engaged Common House members who collaborate with club administration and management in order to optimize community building, diversification of membership, inclusivity, staff efficiency/engagement, and overall member experience.

The Membership Committee will be made up of founding members who will meet a few times over the next 12 months (meetings include food and drinks!). This will allow new members to introduce Common House to their social circles, helping to keep Common House growing outward and bringing new, varied perspectives to the membership base.  Lastly, all of your referrals will receive a 50% discount on initiation fees.

Building the Membership Committee

  1. Create an ongoing list of potential committee members in a spreadsheet.

  2. Build a list of 20-30 potential membership committee members..

    1. Build powerpoint for presentation to team:

        • First slide

          • Demographic breakdown

            • Ethnicity

            • Gender

            • Age

            • Location

        • Individual slides

          • Picture of individual

          • Current role/company

          • Referred by

          • Community involvement

          • Current member or NM (n/a for new clubs)

          • Why would this person be a good fit for the MC?

  3. Create a presentation using this template

  4. Present to Director of Ops, Membership Director and COO

  5. Once the list has been approved by the team, email each potential membership committee individual to schedule a meeting.

  6. Schedule coffee meetings with each individual to discuss membership committee responsibilities (listed above) and Common House goals in the community. Make official ask in meetings to gauge their interest.

  7. Send them an official membership committee application and welcome email so you can have all their information in a spreadsheet (communications team has copies of these emails)

  8. Once everyone is confirmed, create a membership committee booklet with the communications team for the first event with all the committee members.

Membership committee details

    • One year of complimentary membership

      • Discount offered after tenure on Membership Committee is complete for ongoing membership

    • Additional private event discounts

    • Discounted rates for your referrals

      • 50% off initiation fee for your referrals

        • Use your first and last name as a discount code in the application, — example: “taylorlangford”

      • Receive 5 waived initation fees to offer potential members in your network

        • Use code “MCfree” in the application discount code

    • Connect our team with other community leaders who you feel would benefit from membership while adding vibrancy to our community

    • Bring non-member guests into the House, when possible

    • Provide feedback annually through our membership survey

    • Attend programming at Common House with non-member guests, when possible

    • Attend two (2) out of the four (4) quarterly MC meetings (50% meeting attendance)

    • Refer ten (10) new members total during the duration of your committee membership

      • 10 new members = $100 f&b voucher

      • Every 5 additional = $50 voucher

    • Quarterly membership goals + current tracking

    • Member feedback + current efforts to improve member experience

    • Our needs from the committee

    • Happy hour

    • After a 12 month period, new membership committee members will be brought on to keep things fresh and continue to reach new groups of people within the community.

    • Email template linked here!