Volunteer leaders: Thank you officers, board and committee members. YOU make the difference!
The end of October membership records from AAFP show KAFP exceeding 1,000 active members for the first ever! Congratulations to Cayle Goertzen, MD, chair, members of the Membership and Member Services Committee, officers and board members. Your leadership and efforts are what put us over the top!
Reaching this milestone is significant in a number of ways: The larger our membership base, the stronger we are in political clout and in dues income, and the more we can accomplish in Topeka, within the house of medicine. The bigger we are the more opportunity there is for you to be involved!
When I first started with KAFP, almost 23 years ago, we had 545 active members. Over the years I've gotten to know many active members personally, and that's what I like best about what I do! Each year has shown slight but steady increases in membership, bringing us now to the tipping point over 1,000 active members. With all the other membership categories added, we have 1,570 total members. Our official membership numbers are taken from reports later this year, so we will see how many we have at that point and do a news release with the official benchmark membership numbers. We celebrate this now, though, as it's the first time to cross the threshold!
I truly appreciate and enjoy knowing individual members and interacting individually. So as a soon-to-be- recognized large chapter of AAFP, I pledge continuing personal attention. I believe that's what volunteer leaders over the years have recognized and enjoyed about being a KAFP leader: it's an opportunity to shine and work together to do good things for family medicine in Kansas.Our chapter is known for a personalized, family feel. We pledge to work hard to retain that, continuing the personal attention and sharing that is the hallmark of our organization.
Thank you again to each leader who has contributed to this milestone along the way, and to each member for your membership! We don't take it for granted - we hope we earn it each year.
