[Ec] Non-renewal list

Tue Dec 16 13:18:15 EST 2025

Yes, Christine, I had a similar thought. Reaching out more for
feedback/exit interview would be both a good data point, and could also
serve as a final reminder in case any of these folks did miss our outreach.

And yes, they have all been removed from member access to the website and
are not tagged as "Members" in Mailchimps (re: MailChimp, we've now
consolidated to just one Contact list, but folks who are Members are tagged
as such, so we can direct communications just to them if we so choose).

David, I see you put your name down on your TP class. I like that idea of
you being the one to reach out, given that you could speak directly to that
experience of deciding whether or not to continue as a member after the TP.

I also support flexibility in our Membership Fees for anyone who needs it,
which we could message explicitly.

Joe

On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM Christine Schmidt <cschmidt535 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm thinking outloud here: Because there have been many outreaches, I'm
> not inclined to reach out with another reminder to renew. I'd be inclined
> to do some exit interviews and ask, "let us know why you no longer want to
> be a member?" I presume all of the people have been removed from the
> members' Mailchimp and website, right?
>
> Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP
> Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM Joe Hovey <joehovey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Outreach this year as I understand it:
>>
>>    - Summer: Normal reminders every member received (to whole membership)
>>    - Oct: "Individualized" mail merge letter
>>    - Early Nov: Blind copy email from Jan
>>    - Late Nov: Blind copy email from me (warning of being removed
>>    formally from Email list etc, which at this point they have been removed
>>    from the email list)
>>
>> As far as I know, Membership Committee didn't do any one-on-one
>> calls/communication.
>>
>> There is a chance some of these reminders went to spam? If that's the
>> case, further follow-up makes sense. Otherwise, we do run the risk of
>> redundancy verging on harassment. That's why I'd prioritize personal over
>> generic outreach at this point.
>>
>> Two successes: After our convo a couple of weeks ago, Fanita sent a great
>> email to Erin Dogan which resulted in a quick renewal; and I assume
>> unknowingly, when you sent that email celebrating Latasha Smith's article,
>> Christine, she hadn't yet renewed her membership, but did shortly after.
>>
>> Let's discuss on Thursday. I certainly want to delegate this out to
>> Membership, but the current Committee would need clear direction and
>> support, yes, potentially from the BoD as a whole.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 5:35 AM Fanita Henderson <
>> fanita.henderson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Also, I think the list should be divided among the Board of Directors
>>> for outreach.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Fanita
>>>
>>> On Dec 16, 2025, at 5:30 AM, Christine Schmidt <cschmidt535 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wow, this is quite a list. Some surprises on it.
>>> One conversation we might consider is scholarships in case there's a
>>> non-renewal from someone facing hard times. A couple of people on the list
>>> may be in that group.
>>> Another question, do we know if there have been conversations or only
>>> emails with people on the list?
>>>
>>> Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP
>>> Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM Joe Hovey <joehovey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi team:
>>>>
>>>> I forgot to cover this last week. But I've prepared a list of the most
>>>> recent batch of folks who never renewed. These people have received
>>>> multiple emails at this point, but not individualized outreach:
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xViLgJQO3kfaBPxHrd7Rq_QTVPVeHiJadH2g1pwhJVI/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>
>>>> I've noted on the spreadsheet which members had also not renewed the
>>>> year prior (though hadn't been cleared from the membership list
>>>> previously), and which members were Training Program students (most of whom
>>>> were still members from their free memberships, and had never chosen to pay
>>>> for membership).
>>>>
>>>> We can discuss on Thursday, but if anyone jumps out at you, and
>>>> particularly if you have a personal relationship with them, I support
>>>> reaching out to them.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Joe
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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EGPS <https://egps.org/> President
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