Recruitment Committee — The Field Team

Fellow Committee Member — the short version

Form #365 gives the council three Recruitment Committee seats, and yours is one of them. The Membership Director sets the targets; you're the team that actually talks to the men. Recruiting is a contact sport — committees that work the room grow councils, and committees that exist on paper don't.

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What the Recruitment Committee actually is

Under the Membership Director, committee members:

1. Staff church drives — manning the table is the visible part; working the narthex with a hand out is the part that produces signatures.
2. Run the follow-up — every interest card gets a call within 72 hours. This is the committee's single highest-value task, and the most skipped.
3. Sponsor candidates — walk a prospect through his Form #100, sit with him at the Admission Committee, stand with him at his Exemplification.
4. Keep the prospect list warm — the man who said "after the holidays" gets a friendly call in January, not a shrug.

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What a strong year looks like

• Divide the cards the same night. A drive ends with every interest card assigned to a named committee member with a deadline. Unowned cards die.
• Each member personally lands two. Three committee members converting two candidates each typically meets a mid-size council's whole intake goal.
• Bring the prospect to a program, not a meeting. First exposure should be the pancake breakfast or Coats for Kids day — the business meeting can wait until he's signed.
• Tell the Membership Director everything. A prospect's hesitation ("dues," "time," "my wife's not sure") is intel the council can act on — if it's reported.

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Common pitfalls

• Table-sitting. A staffed table with no one stepping forward recruits no one. The table is a prop; the conversation is the program.
• One call, then silence. Most joins happen after the second or third touch. Build the follow-up cadence and keep it.
• Recruiting alone. You have two committee colleagues for a reason — drives, calls, and degree nights all run better paired.

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Related

• Membership Director — sets your targets and cadence
• Retention Chairman — where your recruits must not end up
• Star Council explained — why the intake number matters

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One more thing

Every Knight in your council exists because somebody did your job once. Most can name the man who asked them. Be the name a future member gives.

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Source notes. Draws on the Order's recruitment materials and standard church-drive practice. Send feedback if anything's off.

Last reviewed: June 12, 2026. Fraternal year 2025–26.