Vice President of Membership's Report

Lifetime Membership By CDR Michael Short, USN

Year in Review! 2020 has brought about a lot of change. I want to give you a quick snapshot of where we started, where we are ending and our goal for next year. At the beginning of the year, we had a total of 2375 members. That was a mix of Enlisted, Nugget Officer, Annual, Three-Year, and Five-Year Memberships. As of 13 December, we sit at 1859 members. Over the course of a year, we have lost a total of 516 members. Mostly from the Nugget and Annual Officer Memberships. That outlook is bleak. NHA only exists for its members. We are here to support you from winging to transition / retirement. I asked a few JOs for some unvarnished feedback. The statement that stood out the most was that NHA is solely a networking group for Oak Leaves to transition into the private sector but needs money from JOs to fund said networking. That is far from the truth. First, with an 8-year Minimum Service Requirement (MSR), the assumption is that everyone will be an O-4 on transition. If you plan to transition as an O-3, we want to help you as well. If you stay to retirement, you should be an O-5. When I was an O-3, I attended a PERS-43 detailing brief, at an NHA Symposium, where the head detailer clearly stated that their goal is that everyone retires an O-5. Not to make everyone a Commanding Officer. If you serve for 20 years, you should walk out the door either as an O-4 or O-5. The membership dollars do not keep the lights on. Our strength is in our numbers. So yes, we want to bring in Nuggets and we want to keep them engaged for their entire career, but not for the revenue. We want strength in numbers and the goal is to build a stronger organization together. Our goal for 2021 is 3000 members! We can’t do it without Nuggets transitioning to the next membership level, 3 and 5 years renewals or without people making the commitment to Lifetime Membership. We started the year with zero Lifetime Members. As we sundown 2020 we are at 327 new Lifetime Members! Their membership dollars are invested and will basically renew an annual membership yearly. I invite everyone to think about committing and transitioning to Lifetime Membership.

A couple new programs we have rolled out:

Nugget Membership for New Aircrewmen

Mentorship Program where you can seek out unfiltered advice, (check your membership profile.)

We have membership options for just about everyone:

Enlisted Nugget Membership: $15.00 for 2 years

Enlisted Normal Membership: $15.00 per year

O1 and O2 Nugget Membership: $40.00 for 2 years (2 for the price of one)

Annual Membership: $40.00 3 Year Membership: $110.00 (a $10 discount) 5 Year Membership: $175.00 (a $25 discount)

Lifetime Membership: $700 Active-Duty Officer, $300 Enlisted, Retirees please call in for your tiered pricing

When Symposium rolls around we will offer a $100 discount as an Active Duty Officer good for the month.

Remember only one discount at a time.

If you are FDNF or Deployed, you are always entitled to $100 the discount. https://nhea.memberclicks.net/2020-nha-membership-survey

If you have any questions, you can email me @ michael.m.short@gmail.com