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UPCOMING EVENTS


Picnic April 29, 2023 at Bradley House

June - No Meeting 
General Meeting Information

Location:  Solel Congregation
                  2399 Folkway Dr,    
                  Mississauga, L5L 2M6​
​Start Time: 1:30PM  social
                    2:00 PM meeting start

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE - Spring 2023 (abridged from Message in Spring Newsletter)


Every year or so, we sit around and discuss how to improve our club.  I particular, we focus on attracting and retaining new members.  Are we missing or neglecting something?
 
The following article was written by ChatGPT.
 
Welcoming and retaining new club members is important to ensure the growth and sustainability of any club. Here are some tips on how to do it effectively:
  1. Create a welcoming environment: Make sure that new members feel welcome and comfortable from the very first moment they step into your club. Assign a friendly member to greet them, show them around, and introduce them to other members.
  2. Provide clear information: Make sure that new members have all the information they need to get started, including club rules, meeting schedules, and contact information for club officers.
  3. Involve new members in activities: Encourage new members to participate in club activities right from the start. This will help them feel more engaged and connected to the club.
  4. Assign a mentor: Consider assigning a mentor to each new member. This person can provide guidance and support as the new member gets acclimated to the club.
  5. Recognize and celebrate new members: Take time to recognize new members and celebrate their joining the club. This can be as simple as introducing them at a meeting or hosting a welcome event.
  6. Seek feedback: Check in with new members regularly to see how they are doing and if there is anything the club can do to improve their experience.
By following these tips, you can create a welcoming and supportive environment for new members, which can help to increase retention and ensure the long-term success of your club.
 
That is the outsider’s recommendation list.  We have tried most of these points.  However, we still have a problem.
 
Many of us have been together for thirty or even forty years.  At any meeting, large or small, we gravitate to our comfort zone – members with whom we have shared interest groups for years.  Gone are the days when we had so many members (1986 about 320) the capacity to host a group was a problem; interest groups like bridge, book clubs, gourmet, and international affairs set a limit on the number of participants thus excluding new members.  We know that unless a new member gets involved, she is not likely to rejoin. Today, we are scrounging for participants in several groups, but we are still not going out of way to include newcomers.  Our retention rate is very low.  We have lost the art of inclusiveness.
 
Be adventurous!  Introduce yourself to a new member, ascertain her interests, and invite her to join your interest groups or introduce her to a member of a group that interests her.  Don’t stand by while a stranger stands alone.  
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Dianne Lawson, President CFUW Mississauga

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ABOUT US

     Founded in 1919, the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) is a national non-profit, non-governmental, non-partisan women's equality seeking organization of almost 10,000 women graduates, students and associate members in more than 100 clubs across Canada. CFUW has special consultative status at the United Nations and representation at the Education Committee of the Canadian Commission to UNESCO.
     CFUW Mississauga currently has a membership of approximately 160 women graduates from many different universities and educational institutions. We meet monthly from September to April, generally on the first Monday of each month, at Solel Congregation, 2399 Folkway Dr, Mississauga, ON.
L5L 2M6.