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 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).