Dear EONY,
What a start to 2020 – COVID-19, Social Distancing, PPP and EIDL, BLM movement, market volatility, Pivoting, and the list goes on. All I have to say is “thank God for EO!”.
I’m Rich Shinnick, current Membership Chair for EONY 2019-2020 and 11+ year member of EO. This year we signed up 30 new members with 2 more pending, for a total of 32, bringing EONY to 208 members. I encourage you to consider sharing the gift of EO with your network.
As I look back at the start of my 2nd year on the board (last year I was Vice-Chair of Membership), I realize how tough the role of membership chair is. Recruiting new members is like prospecting for new clients for your business – conveying thought leadership, networking, referrals, messaging, marketing, automation, quotas, presentations, follow-ups, value propositions, Test Drives, TriFecta Committee meetings – all hard work and time consuming while simultaneously running my Cybersecurity startup. However, being on Ameen’s board has made this journey incredibly rewarding and worth every moment. I’ve learned a great deal from this board and am very grateful to have been a part of it. The board’s tireless, selfless devotion to making this chapter the best chapter it can be has inspired me.
Thank you EO Board 2019-2020 and my 16 person membership committee, all 16 of you! A special thank you to Ameen Nassiri, Beth Chernick, and Harvey Ginsberg my Membership Vice-Chair. Their efforts and commitment have been nothing short of outstanding!
I am excited to pass on the baton to Len Oppenheimer, a very long term member of EO (23+ years), as the new EO Membership Chair. I will be moving on to EOA as the incoming Membership Chair.
Stay safe and have a wonderful July 4th weekend!
Warm regards
Rich Shinnick
EONY Membership Chair 2019/20