How to VPM the RDG Way

4. Your Two Week Startup Plan

As with the other officers, make sure you consult the All Officers section for general tasks.

1. If you have 20 or less new guest packets, organize a packet packing event to make more. You should aim to have around 40-50 in stock to get through the year. See the New Guest Packet page for what to include.
2. If your club doesn't have a guestbook, put one together and start using it to collect guest contact information. If the club already has one, make sure the entries in it have been making it into your mailing list.
3. Learn the process your club uses to mail guests and former members. This may be through Free Toast Host or Easy Speak; if the guest list is scattered over different sites and lists, consolidate them into one guest list. It's preferred to use FTH's membership management for maintaining and mailing the guest list. The RDG TM Marketing course will elaborate more on why.
4. If your club doesn't have a former members list, start building it. Contact the officer that has the archive of member applications to start (likely your secretary or treasurer); add those to your former members list. If your former members list needs to be consolidated, do so (preferably within FTH).
5. Begin having members update their profiles on Toastmasters International and your club sites if it's been a year.
6. Begin preparing the membership survey. You can conduct it online or paper.