Zonta InterDistrict Membership Meeting

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Zonta Inter-District Membership Meeting

• June 25, 2005
• 
  Glenne Harding,
  ZIOMC Chairman

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Eight Year Membership Trend
An up-tick for the first time in eight years!
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Progress Vs Goals 2004-2006
Size _at_ 5-31-04 Goal No. of Clubs
No. Successful Percent
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Monthly Gains and Losses
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Membership by Geography
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• In North America it looks like Business As Usual

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Growth by District in North America

• During the last year
• D1 99
• D2 96
• D3 101
• D4 100
• D5 99
• D6 93
• D7 96
• D8 91
• D9 99
• D10 100
• D11 92
• D12 101
• D15 95
• Overall 97

• Since 2000
• D1 87
• D2 78
• D3 92
• D4 86
• D5 89
• D6 83
• D7 87
• D8 86
• D9 93
• D10 88
• D11 77
• D12 104
• D15 81
• Overall 89

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Someone once said, if we keep doing what we
always do, well keep getting what we always get.
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In North America We Are Doing

• Some things that work well
• Lets keep doing them!
• And improving them!
• Some things that are not working well
• Lets do something else the has a better chance
  of success!

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• One objective of this meeting is to identify
• what is working well?
• what could work better?
• Another is to figure out what were going to do
  about what weve learned
• And then go DO IT!

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Whats Working?

• Large clubs
• Sharing success stories
• Inter-district meetings

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Large Clubs

• Of 50 Zonta Clubs with 50 or more members, 32
  (64) are in NA
• 63 of Large Clubs world-wide responded to the
  Survey
• Results will be tabulated and published
• Highlights
• There is no set formula these clubs have their
  own personalities and unique differences some
  are in large cities others, in small ones
• They have very low attrition
• They mostly recruit friends and colleagues one on
  one
• They take their time growing but grow each year
• They cite quality of their members as the
  number 1 reason for becoming and remaining large
• They see many advantages (especially prestige and
  high impact in their community) in being large
• They see few disadvantages in being large and
  have learned to manage these

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Success Stories

• Widespread issues have been addressed and
  reported
• New clubs/rejuvenation of very small clubs
• D3 Cookbook
• Age diversity
• Johnson County, TX
• Uppsala, Sweden
• Small club growth
• Highlands County, FL
• Positive Circle (using Events to grow)
• Jefferson City, MO
• But we could and should share more
• ZI Website
• Newsletters
• Other?

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Inter-District Meeting

• Attendance 95
• 100 of NA Districts represented
• Subject Matter Experts 16
• Facilitators 13
• Program Design Team 5
• Facilities Team 2 plus lots of helpers
• Could we have more smaller meetings among
  contiguous districts?
• How can we involve more members beyond leadership?

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Where Can We Improve?

• Recruit
• Quantity
• 3,217 newly recruited members world wide
• 494 new members in the new clubs
• Quality
• Vetting process for events recruiting
• Retain
• About 87 (4,020 resignations and 215 from
  disbanded clubs)
• Replicate (new clubs)
• No new clubs in NA this year
• 22 world-wide
• Rejuvenate (prevent club disbandings)
• 25 clubs this year 141 since 1998

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Points to Ponder

• Should we grow large clubs?
• Or start new clubs?
• Or both?
• Where should we replicate new clubs?
• Where should we recruit?
• Who should we recruit?
• How can we manage attrition?

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Large Clubs and New Clubs by District
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Why Are These Two Groups of States/Provinces
Different?
Minnesota Indiana Alabama New Mexico Missouri Pen
nsylvania Wisconsin Louisiana Texas Virginia
Kentucky British Columbia Arizona Iowa Connecticu
t California Nevada
Utah Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Oklahoma North
Carolina Georgia Quebec Delaware Nebraska Rhode
Island Manitoba New Brunswick Northwest
Territories Nunvut Saskatchewan Yukon
Wyoming South Dakota Prince Edward Island North
Dakota Michigan Hawaii Idaho Montana Vermont Nova
Scotia Colorado Oregon Maine New
York Illinois South Carolina Newfoundland/Labrador

Massachusetts Ontario New Hampshire Alaska New
Jersey Kansas Washington Ohio Florida Maryland
Higher than average number of clubs per population
Lower than average number of clubs per population
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What Do These Counties Have in Common?

• Maricopa County, AZ 112,000
• Riverside County, CA 89,000
• Los Angeles County, CA 77,000
• Clark County, NV 75,000
• San Bernardino County, CA 59,000
• Harris County, TX 51,000
• Tarrant County, TX 31,000
• Palm Beach County, FL 31,000
• Collin County, TX 31,000
• Will County, IL 28,000

• Flager County, FL 10.1
• Kendall County, IL 8.3
• Loudoun County, VA 8.1
• Hanson County, SD 7.9
• Lincoln County, SD 7.5
• Lampasas County, TX 7.3
• Lyon County, NV 7.2
• Camden County, NC 7.2
• St. Johns County, FL 6.7
• Dallas County, IA 6.6

Fastest growing counties in the US by per cent
Fastest growing counties in the US by number of
people
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Comparison of European and North American
Classifications
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What Do These Businesses Have in Common?

• Dentists Offices
• Physicians Offices
• Podiatrists Offices
• Optometrists Offices
• Veterinary Services
• Chiropractors Offices
• Legal Services
• Brokers and Dealers of Securities
• Insurance Agents or Brokers
• Drugstores

• Lumber and Building Materials Stores
• Paper and Allied Products Manufacturing
• Funeral Services
• Machinery Manufacturing
• Medical and Dental Laboratories
• Real Estate Agents and Brokers
• Commodity Contracts Brokers
• Engineering Services
• Consulting Services
• Architectural Services

They are the top 20 most profitable small
businesses in terms of net income.
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Characteristics ofMillionaire Women Next Door

• What are the important benefits of being wealthy?
• Make significant contribution to charitable or
  noble causes
• Funding education
• Financial security
• What is benefits of being wealthy are not
  important?
• Purchasing luxurious home, vacation home,
  retirement home
• Joining country club
• Owning art and antiques
• Purchasing top-of-the-line automobile

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Characteristics ofMillionaire Women Next Door

• What ancestry groups are most often represented?
  (Normalized for number of households.)
• Scottish 5.0
• French 2.6
• Russian 2.4
• Dutch 2.1
• English 1.8
• Irish 1.5
• Native American 1.3
• Italian 1.0
• Polish .9
• German .8

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Characteristics ofMillionaire Women Next Door

• Categories of Businesses Owned and Managed by
  Women Millionaires
• Management Services
• Consulting Services
• Nursing Services
• Counseling Services (except Health)
• Real Estate Brokering/Agency Services
• Real Estate Property Managers
• Medical and Dental Laboratories
• Child Daycare
• Janitorial/Dust Control Services
• Be wary of hobby businesses such as retail
  gifts and antiques

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What Do Business Recruiters Look For?

• Specific job skills
• What needs does the club have?
• Interpersonal skills
• Fellowship is a part of who we are
• Work ethic
• We are a service organization
• Fit with the culture
• Zonta mission and objectives
• Club attributes
• Potential for personal growth
• In her job
• In Zonta
• A chance to upgrade the pool
• Always recruit at the highest level possible
• Checking References

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• All of the insight, discussion, planning in the
  world will not change anything unless we leave
  with the intention to do things differently and
  do that

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Thank you all for taking time from your busy
personal and professional lives to share your
talents with us!