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Help Make Our Membership Drive A Success
March is Membership Month!
That is not to say that we aren’t focused on building our membership every month, but this month, membership is our highest priority.
A strong chamber membership adds value to each and every member. It allows us to increase programming and educational seminars. It allows us to offer more networking events and promotional opportunities. It allows us to be stronger and more powerful advocates for your business, and it allows us to offer more member-to-member discounts that can save you money. In short, there is strength in numbers, and every new member brings something to the table that the Chamber didn’t have before.
Our membership committee, under the longtime leadership of Ken Koenig and co-chaired by Sonia Lugo work tirelessly 12 months of the year working on methods and programs to recruit new members. Ken and Sonia, with the assistance of her HSBC team, recruit dozens of new members annually.
In addition, the Chamber staff is continually bringing in new members and prospective members. In these tough economic times, however, they need your help. It is incumbent on every one of you to pitch in this year and make a difference. The first way you can do that is by participating in our phone-a-thon on March 24 and 25. Bring your rolodex (or blackberry), join us for breakfast, lunch or snacks, and maybe even win some prizes.
For 98 years, the Queens Chamber of Commerce has supported Queens businesses and the Queens economy. We have faced tough times before. Crisis after crisis, the Chamber has delivered for its members. Now more than ever, the Chamber is ready, willing and able to help you through this recession. Through discounts, networking and promotional opportunities, and a full calendar of educational and training programs, the Chamber will help increase your customer base and save you money.
The value of your Chamber membership is at an all-time high. We’re off to a great start this year, as we are just coming off a hugely successful Green Business Summit. Our Annual Business Expo & Trade Show is scheduled for May 21,at the brand new Citi Field. Please join me on March 24 and/or 25 and help make this year’s phone-a-thon the most successful one ever.
Albert F. Pennisi
President of the Queens Chamber
