Get involved
Membership & Local Chapters
Membership volunteers are people who bring others together and make sure no one falls through the cracks.
Is this you?
You don't need all of this. If a few of these sound like you, we'd like to hear from you.
General attributes
- Friendly and easy to talk to
- Patient and a good listener
- Reliable with follow-ups
- Detail-minded
- A natural relationship builder
Specific skills
- Reaching out to prospective members
- Welcoming and onboarding new members
- Reconnecting with members who've lost touch
- Checking in by phone and email
- Keeping member records accurate
- Organizing local meetups and gatherings
- Gathering feedback to improve the member experience
Knowledge of
- The 1/9 community and its different generations
- Your local area and the veterans in it
- Member privacy and handling personal information
Tools and software
- Email and phone
- Shared spreadsheets
- monday.com, or willingness to learn it
- Basic tech literacy, like using email, shared documents, and video calls
Ways to help
Find where you fit
- Help locate and reconnect members
- Welcome new members
- Organize or support a local chapter
- Host a local gathering
- Identify potential chapter leaders
- Introduce us to local organizations and venues
- Help with outreach and membership systems
- Take on a defined membership or chapter project
Get started
Sign up to volunteer
Questions? Contact Hugh Hopson, Membership Committee Chairman: hhopson@19walkingdead.org · 202-796-4946