EMPLOYEE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 13, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 22, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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EXIC cutivii Director-Comptroller
: Employee Activity Association
This rernoranduxn is for your information in response to your request
for a status report on the Employee Activity Association.
2. Background
The period April 1962 - December 19?3 during which an effort was
made to stimulate employee interest in an improved and expanded recreation
program1 saw a significast increase in the number of participants from umler
600 to almost 3. 000. With this growth cam. the need to provide a more formal
mechanism to provide orderly management of current and new activities, and the
i.mployee Activity Association was formed in December 1963.
3. Membership Drive and Growth
a. As one of its first actions and as part of an effort attract even
more employees, the LAA made plans for an Agency-wide membership drive.
Although suspended for some time because of certain question* which arose
coecerniag participation in the LAA by Clandestine Services persoaael, the
membership drive was finally launched in March 1965, with the following results:
Annual Members
Patrons
Sponsors
This represents approximatel
were issued during the drive.
Total
2,983
143
178
3,304
of the membership solicitation cards that
b. Membership continued to increase and by 31
consisted of the following:
Annual Members 3, 954
Patrons 155
Sponsors 184
Total 4293
inber 1965
Program Additions
Growth in participation was accompanied by two equally significant
additions to the scope of the LAA program?a ticket service and merchandise
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sales. kmptoye.e responded enthusiastically to these new bervices and
thousands of sales have been made ler tiebtets to sporting events, theatres and
similar events, as well as for seat bottle, Are extingoishers candy. and other
items. The merchandise sales program for Christmas 1965 was LAA's most
ambitious program to date and gross sales were almost 1114000 for candy and
other items.
5. Fine Lai Status
Attachment A is the LAA balance Wield as ol 31 December 1965.
Attachment ill is statement of income and expenses for the period I September -
31 December 1965. Attachment C *bows additional income for Jaattary and
February 1`.i6e.
6. Future P
a. In meetings with Deputy 'rector lox Support and the Lxecutivis
Dire -Comptroller that led to approval of the me berebip drive in 1965, it was
made clear that LAA should work toward the goat of becoming self-sustaining.
How to achieve this goal has been the subject of continuing study, and on this we
offer the following comments:
(1) toernbership dues should not be used to subsidize FAA
expenses. These funds would soon be exhausted if they were used to pay
operating costs and would not then be available for other purposes. For
eitample, an outlay of LAA funds imest be made to purckuise Redskin tickets
on a season's basis. The money is recovered when the tickets are later
offered for sale. Without substantial cask on band. however, the
opportimity to purchase tickets would have to he rejected. Thus, some
more dependable source of revenue than dues must be discovered Lox
payment of LAA expenses.
(2) Many of the 111411Ual members juin the FAA only to buy tickets
tlimorchandise for the discounts offered and the convenience of making
these purchases at theta place of employment. If some or all of these
services were discontinued, there could result an accompanying loss of
members. and their dues.
(5) A siseable staff is necessary to handle tickets and
'Wise sales to
(4) Current profit I ova tickets and the Limited sale of
*nerc1je is not sufficient to support the present LAA staff. While ENAA
tticjing the salary of a part-time accountant, its income Is inadequate
to pay other personnel costs.
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The best and quickesty to develop sdditioaal sources of
r venue and become Attaining is to Lucretia* merchandise sales.
While the ticket service should be coatinzzed, the profit rasirsick. *flowing
a discount to members, is quite small. The profit margin on merchandise
is much greater and permits a sizeable discount to members and a
worthwhile profit to J.:AA, For example. even with discounts to members
whot)ttreleased merchandise during the Christrres sales period, more than
,A) net income was OiLtlited by IAA, sad this profit will pay the salary
e part-time accountant for ail of 1)64. The Department of State
cation Office has been successfully selling =nob/iodise for some
we feet that LAA can do as well.
an Agency-wide camp*/
Oyes* who joined EAA last year
supleyees. As a "grabber e will sell first
*11 for $3.95 at retail; we can purchase them for
for $2.35. We feel confidant that hundreds of
te, as they did the seat belts and firs
past years. At the same time the kits are
pee of sew merchandise that will be bandied by
porting equipment. and camping equipment.
utile* bring in massy more members (avid their
dues) but there Amid be a eireable increase in net income to LAA. With such
tivity during 1966, we should be Lit a bearer position in December to evaluate
uancial status and its ability to become self-sustaining.
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offered, ere will publicize
luegage. golfiag and
Not only should this new mere
$aas for expanding se sales are not without potential
preeeat time cc available to IAA for its ticket service
ales is the booth and nearby corridor adjoining the North
This has beau adequate in the past and may be edercinete for the
immediate future. if however, our ?et/mates of activity are low and more
employees than miticipated make purchases, additional space will be needed.
Also, an *vended merchandise program% may result in the need for additional
pereeemel. To date we have eerved outlyie4 buildings cot a iinlited basis, and
our LWOW to PlIn'vicie a better service to employees in these buildings may
to,ve cost LAA oak* members. The expanded merchandise sales may result
in moire time spent La servicing these other buildings.
d. LAA plans are geared to expanding our merc
ceeds, the reveaue earned will make it poeeible for
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a reeci ....1 tion, expenses and porha?Uirtateiy to beconae
entirety scli-austainins. We wUi know better by December . if by that time
Lt appears that IAA's income can never bc adequate, we will recommend an
appropriate cut-back of its staff and servcesm
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