Greetings All,

Thank you for the suggestions and ideas.  The comments backed some of my 
fears.  Therefore, I am going to get the board on the idea of making the 
coffee hour an annual event open to the public and use it as a 
membership drive.  Next year I will try to get it moved to earlier in 
the year, e.g. January, once I have in place a more robust marketing 
strategy.  Then move membership from a January to January time frame, to 
a year from the date of purchase.  The current board president seems to 
on board with this idea.

A little bit more about the location is that the museum was for years 
run by one of the founders/board president who put a considerable amount 
of her own time to keep the organization open and running.  However, for 
the last few years the museum has gotten a bit stagnate.  Hence, why I 
was hired.

Again, thank you for the comments and thoughts.

Sterling

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