recruiting

[Atckcat]

It's great that our current members want to recruit and bring new members to WI-NECO, however there needs to be some tact and consideration when doing so ...

1. Please do not follow someone to their home! it's one thing to catch up to someone at a stoplight of public establishment but following to a person's home is NOT acceptable!
2. Leave a flyer/business card on someone's car or hand it to them but do not continually harass them. If they want to join the club, they will. It's their choice and the more
you harass a person the more disinterest you may be creating.
3. If you do talk to someone about the club do not bombard them with a million questions about their car. Some ppl do not possess the same enthusiasm that we do. If
the person asks you questions~~ Great! Please answer their ?? and leave it at that.

if it gets back to one of the leaders that someone has been harassing a potential/new member... action will be taken to address the situation. We are not trying to be babysitters (because we all have MUCH better things to do... at least I do! )but the club could get in trouble for one person's behaviors and it could give WI-NECO a really bad image/name. Please do not stop recruiting! we love to have new members, but just think before you act! it's exciting to be the one to bring someone in... but don't scare them away ;)

if you have any ??/comments... please feel free to email wisconsin@newcougar.org and we will be happy to answer them for you! I am locking this thread because i do not feel that it is appropriate to address some of the ??/comments that i think we will get on the board.

[ov3n]

i am unlocking this post because several members have contacted me with questions and i really dont have any good answers for them... so i am allowing them to ask their questions in this post..

i dont want any 'specific' information posted as to what happened, nor any direct attacks at anyone or it will be locked again.. otherwise, fire away

[YelCoug00]

i think this is a good topic to discuss, so im going to state my opinion

first i kinda disagree with some of what was said

1. I don't think if you see a cougar making a turn and you turn with them, and a block later they pull into a driveway (maybe their home) there is a real problem with putting down your window and asking the driver if they had any interest in joining a great car club. <--- Run-on sentence... yes If they are interested go ahead and tell them about it. I think the point you are trying to make is don't follow someone 13 miles to ask them this. (That would scare most people) Personally if someone stops in front of my house and asks me a question or gives me some information I see nothing wrong with that.

*2. I agree with you mrs atckcat it make no sense to harass someone.

3. I think it is perfectly fine to ask questions about someone’s car, even if it is one million questions. Just don't annoy or harass this person. If the person seems interested then shoot question after question until you reach the point where it is enough. don't annoy them (and everyone here is perfectly capable of making that judgement).


I think you can sum up 1,2, and 3 with......
don't:
(1) make someone uncomfortable/scared
(2) harass them
(3) annoy them

otherwise the way you approach people is up to you as long as you make sure you aren't doing any of these naughty things :biggrin:

remember this is my opinion and you have every right to disagree with me, and i'd love to hear everyone's points or opinions.

[CougarGT]

I am in 100% agreeance with YelCoug00.

Also, I have had cougar owners (non WI-Neco members) come up to me and ask 1 million questions. But would I consider their line of questions harassing to me? Ablsoutly not, they want to learn more about the car. I take pride in my car and love being asked about it, as i am sure many of the cougar drivers do. Not all people are into the car clube thing. That is 100% acceptable, and can be distinguished with 1 simple question of them ("Hi, would you be interesting in joining the Wisconsin chapter of a New Ege Cougar oraganization?) . If they respond positivly to that answer I find no problem in asking them more questions. Im sure they would love some questions too, because! It is a learning experience, and we need to realize that. People who are interested in a car clubs are generally interested in talking cars. The more members we have, the better WI-Neco gets, the more friends we gain, the more we learn about our cars, etc. I have met some of the coolest people since i have joined WI-Neco, and to have friends like these i can thank the purchase of my Cougar. The fun that is had with my new friends, online and in person, makes it worth this small paragraph of opinions and and ideas. I have always tried to be short on my writings, so if i dont make sense, I will try and express my opinions again.
-Matt aka CougarGT

[Atckcat]

ok to clarify....

a block or so .. when you don't realize that the person is going home is a different situation ... following a person for blocks and about 15 mins is a WAY different story ...

as for asking ??.. i am not saying don't ask ?? like .. what year is it ? or simple ?? like that ... but when you are asking the person a ton of questions and they do not express any interest in answering them... leave them alone.

it's a matter of common sense... if you can tell the person is not interested or even a little frightened by your approach ... don't try to "convince" them of anything...

edit* so basically what i am saying is Vinny's summed it up pretty darn good! Follow those 3 examples and everyone should be just fine ;)

[GnuLoCo]

Thats why I just write down the plate. DONE. If I can't get anything out of the plate, or if it is personalized I forget about it.

GnuLoCo

[spacedog73]

Well this has to do woth recruiting folks so here it is.

I need to get a printer ASAP!!!
This is driving me BAZONKERS!!!:confused:
I saw 3 friggin cougars on the way home from work today.The funny part, two of them were
Dark Shadow Grey!!:eek:
EGADS!! :eek:

But unfortunately the snow will be flying soon and they may put their cougars away as I am going
to do.

I am kicking myself in the butt right now for not recruiting any Sheboygan Co. folks. From what I've
seen driving about we have 2 melina blue, 2 white, 1 or 2 crispy color reds, 3 Grey(including me).
and 1 black.
ACCKKK!!!:confused:

I will do my best to try and get 1 or 2 of these peep's to join.
(May have to wait till spring though as winter shall soon be upon us and I'm not going to
be stalking anybody.)

And of course, after reading this thread , I shall do so in a sane,pleasant, convenient manner.

[AfterBurner]

basically, i will only tag a car with a flyer if its not moving.

speaking of, Jimmy boy and I are SUPPOSED to start work on a new national flyer, with an <insert local chapter> here spot.

i just know that most people in madison tend to be old farts driving these cas, so its not even worth my time to give chase...even if one cute girl did have a StlrGrl <SteelerGirl> license plate. I guess once your car has exterior mods, people will come to you anyhow.

[Crispy]

hey man... I'm an old fart driving a Cougar in Madison.... I don't like that comment... poo on Vilsack! :disgust:

[Estiem]

time for me to add.

usually when i do it, i'll see someone driving, and i'll pull up and roll down my window. (in case with Cole).
or if i have a flyer, i'll leave it and disappear. it's up to them to join. i'm not going to force anyone.

plus... with the car being marketed towards women, (no offence female members.) i wouldn't be surprised to see that 75% of the flyers went directly into the trash.
i just don't think following someone for block and blocks and miles and miles is going to accomplish anything.

it's up to us to get the word out there... it's up to them to actually join us for any type of occasion or event.

[9lives]

I have no one to flyer:(

[fauna01]

Ok, so I'm not in WI-NECO but i am so interested in having flyers or business cards to put on cougars. I usually see at least one or two a day and have no way to let them know!!!! It's so sad. They are usually just sitting too. I would leave notes, but dont really want to feel like a stalker having written out a whole note by hand. So let me know about the flyers...please:biggrin:

[ScubaSteve]

I'm with her... I need flyers. Unfortunately for me I'm too lazy to make flyers, so all the opportunities I may have go down the drain.

[Batgirl]

Can someone please stalk me? Ok, sorry that wasn't funny...

[monogodo]

Be careful what you ask for, you might just get it...

[AfterBurner]

Just a reminder for EVERYONE to read this thread. Some people haven't posted against it, and I just want to make sure everyone reads it.


By the way, The new national flyers we are producing are looking like they are getting good response from some local dealerships. The only provision I have heard is authorization as to who gives out the flyer. Seems like Gordie has the same problem we do.