<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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).</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I also support flexibility in our Membership Fees for anyone who needs it, which we could message explicitly.</div><div><br></div><div>Joe</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM Christine Schmidt <<a href="mailto:cschmidt535@gmail.com" target="_blank">cschmidt535@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">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?</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP</div><div>Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society</div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM Joe Hovey <<a href="mailto:joehovey@gmail.com" target="_blank">joehovey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Outreach this year as I understand it:<div><ul><li>Summer: Normal reminders every member received (to whole membership)</li><li>Oct: "Individualized" mail merge letter</li><li>Early Nov: Blind copy email from Jan</li><li>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)</li></ul><div>As far as I know, Membership Committee didn't do any one-on-one calls/communication.</div></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 5:35 AM Fanita Henderson <<a href="mailto:fanita.henderson@gmail.com" target="_blank">fanita.henderson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Also, I think the list should be divided among the Board of Directors for outreach.<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Fanita<br id="m_7344400076279658090m_-174046220051010856m_-5738189177948635879m_8693058929467607568m_1829622693915255940lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 16, 2025, at 5:30 AM, Christine Schmidt <<a href="mailto:cschmidt535@gmail.com" target="_blank">cschmidt535@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Wow, this is quite a list. Some surprises on it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Another question, do we know if there have been conversations or only emails with people on the list?</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP</div><div>Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society</div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM Joe Hovey <<a href="mailto:joehovey@gmail.com" target="_blank">joehovey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi team:<br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div>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:</div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xViLgJQO3kfaBPxHrd7Rq_QTVPVeHiJadH2g1pwhJVI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xViLgJQO3kfaBPxHrd7Rq_QTVPVeHiJadH2g1pwhJVI/edit?usp=sharing</a></div><div><br></div><div>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).</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br>Joe</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Joseph Hovey, LCSW, CGP</b></font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">LGBTQ+ | Relationships | Groups</font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">| </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Youth</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><a href="https://egps.org/" target="_blank">EGPS</a> President</span></div><div><a href="http://www.josephhovey.com/" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">josephhovey.com</a> <span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">| <a href="http://www.learnsavi.com/" target="_blank">learnsavi.com</a></span></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1">Want to talk? 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