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Membership Development Committee

The VBSR Membership Development Committee is open to all members!

The Membership Development Committee works on providing members excellent benefits and growing VBSR’s membership.  The committee works closely with the Membership Development Coordinator, and a representative of the VBSR Board to cover all topics facing membership.

How to Join 

As a VBSR member, you are welcome to join this committee. We look for specific qualities among committee members:

  • Desire to grow VBSR’s membership and benefits,
  • Creative thinking and problem solving,
  • Availability to attend monthly 1.5 hour meetings and occasional homework, and
  • Personal expertise (marketing, web, etc)

To join, please contact us at or call 802-862-8347.

What the Committee Does

 Examples of topics covered during meetings includes:

  • Development of Member Benefits,
  • Outreach to Members,
  • Recruitment Strategies,
  • Visioning.

To get a better idea of what we do, you can download a sample meeting agenda:

 Membership Development Committee Agenda 1.16.2007 (28k)

For more past agendas and minutes prior to April 2007, contact us at  

Membership Development Committee Members
NameCompanyAddressAddress 2

Sarah Alberghini

Seventh Generation

Ben Bosher

Benefit Design & Strategies, LLC

Karen Realms

Realms Properties

Greg Tickle

Lake Champlain Chocolates

Todd Walker

Progressive Asset Management

Larz Barber, Committee Chair

Merrill Lynch Global Private Client Group

Will Patten, Committee Staff

VBSR

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