PITTSBURGH,
PA – SNF President Dr. Daniel J. Pyevich has announced a new initiative for
2004. The executive committee has dubbed it the “Onward and Upward” Membership
Drive.
As part of the incentive, both lodges and
individuals will receive recognition and financial boosts from the drive. To
level the playing field, the lodges will be divided into two groups based on
current membership in each lodge. Pyevich calls them the Pupin and Tesla
divisions.
For individual recruiters, awards will be
based on points accumulated through the drive. Points will translate into money
in addition to commissions paid on the sale of insurance during the four-month
drive.
A grand prize will be awarded to two top
producers. Each prize will include an all expenses paid trip to Pittsburgh for
two next July during Three Pitt Serb Days. It will also earn each of them the
title of SNF Co-Person of the Year.
“Over the years we have honored many great
people as persons of the year. It has always been based on our history and
their contribution to the SNF’s past. Now it’s time to look to the future,”
said Pyevich.
“We need to look forward into this second century.
And in that vein, we will honor the two people who help us ensure that the SNF
has a bright future for at least another hundred years. Who better as Persons
of the Year than the two top producers during our new Onward and Upward
campaign?”
Details on the campaign, awards, and
commission schedule will be published here and in future issues throughout the
campaign. The American Srbobran will help members and contest participants
monitor progress throughout the campaign and winners will be announced in the
late Spring.
Be a part of this important membership
drive. Join in the competition and vie for top honors as we kick off the Second
Century and expand our membership making the Serb National Federation one of
the largest fraternal organizations in this country.
SNF
NATIONAL “Onward and Upward” MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
January
1, 2004 thru April 30-2004
Drive
includes both lodges and individual recruiters
I.
LODGE AWARDS:
The
lodges will be divided into two groups. The Pupin Team will consist of lodges
with less than 100 members. The Tesla
Team will consist of lodges with 100 members or greater. Lodge membership will be based on the number
of members, age 16 and over, as of January 1, 2004. Using this number, a membership recruitment quota shall be
determined for each lodge. This
membership recruitment quota will be equal to 5% of the lodge membership,
rounded off to the nearest whole number. If the number of new members recruited
by a lodge during the contest exceeds this quota, the lodge shall receive $5
for each new member enrolled (including those in the quota). However, if a lodge does not exceed its
quota, it shall not receive any money for new members enrolled. As an example, if a lodge has 96 members,
its quota is five (96 X .05 = 4.8). So,
if this lodge recruits 11 new members, it shall receive $55 (11 X $5) because
it exceeded its quota. If this lodge
recruits only five new members, it shall receive no money because it did not exceed
its quota. Those members going into
Lodge #200 will be assigned to the recruiter’s lodge.
II. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:
The
recruiter awards will be based on a point system. These point awards are above and beyond the regular
commissions that will be paid to the recruiters. Each point will be worth $5 and shall be
awarded to the recruiter according to the following point system:
A.
WHOLE LIFE, SINGLE PREMIUM WHOLE LIFE*, 20 PAY LIFE PLANS
1. $3000 TO $4999 ONE POINT
2. $5000 TO $9999 TWO POINTS
3. $10,000 AND ABOVE THREE POINTS
* INCLUDES TWO AND THREE PAYMENT PLANS
B.
LIFE INSURANCE FUND FOR EDUCATION (BOTH SINGLE PREMIUM AND
ANNUAL PREMIUM PLANS)
1. UNDER $3000 ONE HALF POINT
2. $3000 TO $4999 ONE POINT
3. $5000 TO $9999 TWO POINTS
4. $10,000 AND ABOVE THREE POINTS
C.
YEARLY RENEWABLE TERM AND 10-YEAR LEVEL PREMIUM TERM
1.
UNDER $50,000 ONE POINT
2. $50,000 AND ABOVE TWO POINTS
D. TERM TO AGE 25 AND MUST ACCOMPANY A WHOLE
LIFE, SINGLE PREMIUM, OR 20 PAY LIFE
PLAN
1. UNDER $25,000 ONE HALF POINT
2. $25,000 AND ABOVE ONE POINT
E. IRA
OR ANNUITY DEPOSITS (NOT INCLUDING DEPOSIT AGREEMENTS OR ANNUITY RIDERS)
1. $2000 TO $4999 ONE HALF POINT
2. $5000-$9999 ONE POINT
3. $10,000 TO $24,999 ONE AND ONE HALF POINT
4. $25,000 TO $49,999 TWO POINTS
5. $50,000 TO $99,999 THREE POINTS
6. $100,000 AND ABOVE FOUR POINTS
F. PROTECTOR OF SERBDOM PLUS
1. FIVE TO NINE PLANS SOLD THREE POINTS
2. TEN OR MORE PLANS SOLD SIX POINTS
III.
MONTHLY LODGE AWARDS FOR EACH OF THE PUPIN AND TESLA GROUPS
AND BASED ON THE POINT TOTALS FOR THAT PARTICULAR MONTH
1. FIRST PRIZE $50 (LODGE WITH MOST POINTS
FOR MONTH)
2. SECOND PRIZE $25
IV. MONTHY INDIVIDUAL RECRUITER AWARDS FOR EACH
OF THE PUPIN AND TESLA GROUPS AND BASED
ON THE POINT TOTALS FOR THAT PARTICULAR MONTH
1. FIRST PRIZE $50(INDIVIDUAL WITH MOST
POINTS FOR MONTH)
2. SECOND PRIZE $25
V. GRAND PRIZE FOR THE RECRUITER WITH THE MOST
TOTAL POINTS FROM EACH OF THE PUPIN AND TESLA
GROUPS FOR THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP FOR TWO TO THE PITT 3
DAY CELEBRATION. IF A WINNER IS FROM THE PITTSBURGH TRI- STATE AREA, HIS/HER REMUNERATION WILL BE
BASED ON THE COST OF A COUPLE
TRAVELLING FROM CHICAGO.
Again,
these prizes are in addition to the regular commissions that are paid, and
there are no quotas on the points that are awarded to individual members. Please refer to the Commission Table.
All
SNF National Officers and all Home Office employees disqualified from receiving
individual monthly and Grand Prize awards, but they may participate in all
other areas of this campaign.