1. Membership Report to NC Federation of Chapters Board, NARFE Theron Rumsey, Membership Coordinator November 9, 2010

2. Travel and Meeting There was no travel during the second quarter of this reporting year. I continued to assist Paul and Vilma regarding development of a retention plan. On October 13, 2010, I assisted Chapter 156 Public Relations Officer Tom Beatty by presenting the NARFE National PowerPoint presentation introducing NARFE to the AFGE union chapter at the Asheville VA hospital. This connects us with 400+ active Federal employees. It is worth noting that the Secretary of the AFGE chapter is a NARFE member. She gave a very positive testimonial for NARFE.

3. Membership Reports The reports are current through September, 2010 and were distributed to the Area VP’s. Thanks to Vilma for assistance with the distribution. The M112’s for October were not available in time for this report.

4. Membership Summary An overall picture of our membership status is shown by The ‘Voting Member Summary’ through September This summary showed that at the end of the second quarter this year the NC Federation has a net loss of 95 members. However, this loss of membership included 79 members lost to death or transferring out. This loss has occurred over the past 4 months after a growing trend the first two months this year. Area VP’s, use this report to track the status of chapters in your area. Only a few chapters showed a slight trend toward growth since June: Ashe-Alegany Chpt. 800, Area III; Durham Chpt. 566, Area IV; and Wayne_Goldsboro, Chpt. 1830, Area IV. Let’s strive to make sure that all chapters are utilizing the monthly M112 reports to contact, in particular, those members who have received their second dues notice, or have dropped their membership and are following thru on contacting prospective members.

5. New Member Recruitment Recruitment has hurt our growth this past quarter. Last year the Federation average 51 recruited members per month. This quarter we have averaged 19. Although we are emphasizing membership retention, we should not pass up the opportunities for recruiting new members.

6. Retention The critical category of membership is those members that choose to drop their membership. As pointed out previously, these folks can make or break an effort to grow membership. Last year’s average for dropped members was 57/month. Thus far this year we are trending above that average 63/month. Chapter leadership should be communicating with those members each month that appear on the M112 list for receiving their second dues notice and those appearing on the Dropped Member list. Encourage them not to drop their membership. Secondly, promote Dues Withholding and do those things that keep members informed. Keep the importance of NARFE obvious.

7. Let’s grow membership against the National trend. YOUR EFFORTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!

8. VOTING MEMBER SUMMARY 2005-2011 2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009-2010- 2005200620072008200920102011 AREAAprMayJunJulAugSep I988959953938899890 901903901892887 33273428354589910 II928932915909876897905897893885880875 2136273026268101114 III888911886879847868867870876874872863 40192023192347810 IV1394142914521473144214461442 1441144614341428 46254136485713171922 V152615221521151414431444144814491453145014361428 4850 41462599910 VI117911561108107310091000101510131000986978969 4721293339129101113 Total Voting690369096835678665166545656765726566654264926450 235178201191213162851626779

9. NEW MEMBER RECRUITMENT BY AREA 2010-2011 AREABeginAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarNew I890710 20100000030 II89794315300000025 III868810844100000035 IV1446121710 5200000056 V14441781960600000056 VI1000155623300000034 Total6545685456251716000000236

10. RETENTION 2010-2011 Through September, 2010 TotalTrans AREA BeginAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar Sub/TTotalDeathOut I89091813404000000 93889710 88799.66% Dropped568598000000410 0000000000000 II8971476386000000 94188913 87597.55% Dropped41189128000000521 0000000000000 III868111314555000000 9218739 86399.42% Dropped10974612000000481 0000000000000 IV144615211617109000000 1534145020 142898.76% Dropped14191182012000000842 0000000000000 V1444221323849000000 152314387 142898.89% Dropped16915111816000000853 0000000000000 VI10002069255000000 10479829 96996.90% Dropped4715 12 000000654 0000000000000 Total Added6545917881393238000000 6904652968 645098.55% Dropped53616452776800000037511