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Achievements to date:

-a close working relationship with the National Treasurer who recommended the annual renew-
al fee to return to £75– now implemented; new members will pay £80 for Standard Membership
and £40 for Student/Apprentice Membership.

-a PayPal Account is now established and is offered as a way to pay all fees.
-all application forms for both full members and students and apprentices have been stream-
lined; as have all renewal forms.

-a new Member Benefit page has been produced and will form part of a new members’ pack.
-the new initiative ‘Friend of BPW UK’ has now been established and members are asked to
publicise this when they are out and about.
-a close working relationship has been developed with the Media & Marketing Working Group.
We are working on a new members welcome pack; new pages for the website to make joining
us more user friendly.

Future work:

-a questionnaire to target potential new members has been agreed and will start to be circu-
lated; women’s chambers of commerce have been identified as a possible source – ongoing.
-corporate membership and a sponsorship approach are two priorities going forward.

-budgeting for complimentary membership for good speakers and possibly schools involved in
the Public Speaking Competition has been agreed and is currently being used.

-to work closely with both the Media & Marketing and the Young BPW Working Groups to pro-
duce a new members’ pack – ongoing.

We have a very strong Working Group consisting of members who are committed to support the
current membership as well as to grow the membership. We are pleased with our achieve-
ments to date and are looking forward to working on the next phase of our plan. With all the
work that the Working Group have undertaken to date we are looking forward to seeing more
new members in the future. Some of our latest new members are Young BPW members which
is very encouraging.

Thank you to all the members of the Working Group and to those members who have used
their personal contacts to recruit them as BPW UK members.

Ann Wiseall
Vice President Membership

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