<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Standing back and = taking a long look at the number of associates who have not upgraded, how about a = personal approach on a chapter level?  Though there needs to be good = incentives to move to RPT status, would a one-on-one, face-to-face conversation = with each associate by another chapter member, officer or not, would yeild more = results than all the machinations from higher up?  Find out personally if = the member has interest in upgrading, and if so, how can the chapter help to = move him/her in that direction?  There are some who have no interest and = will never be an RPT for whatever reason.  However, they still want to = be a part of the organization.  That may always be.  But the associates = who plan to become RPT's perhaps can best be served by a dialogue in person, = privately, quietly,  from another member,  and that person could also be = his/her mentor through the process.   Flame suit on and ready.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Mike Kurta</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>