Getting Paid
Recruiting incentives—chapter and personal rewards programs
Chapters earn commissions based on a tiered plan tied to individual recruiting efforts. The more members recruited above your chapter’s previous year’s total, the more commission dollars your chapter receives. Or, if you attain or maintain a 70 percent or greater share of first-year medical students, the chapter automatically is awarded the highest payout tier (30 percent).
How to use chapter commissions
It is our hope that your chapter will use these funds to continue to grow AMA membership on your campus through creative recruiting programs, chapter development, travel to AMA meetings, community service and other professional events. We urge you to use these funds prior to July 2010. Contact AMA staff at mssop@ama-assn.org if you are unsure how to use these funds.
The 2009 commission structure
| Commission Tier | Requirements | Payout of dues collected, % |
| 1 | >/= 70% 1st year class share | 30% |
| 1a | > 50% growth** above last year | 30% |
| 2 | 21-50% growth above last year | 20% |
| 3 | 1-20% growth* | 10% |
| 4 | <1 >20% growth over last year | 5% |
*Newly established chapters without growth from the previous year will be paid at the commission tier 3, or 10 percent.
**Dues amount growth does not include 2-4 year medical students.
Fall campaign: All applications and dues received by Nov. 13, 2009, will be applied toward this first round of recruitment. The fall payout is determined by the percent of first-year class size recruited or percentage change from the current year’s total fall membership dues to last year’s
total fall and spring membership dues. Commission checks will be processed and mailed four to six weeks after Nov. 13, 2009.
Spring campaign:All applications and dues received by March 26, 2010, will be applied toward the second round of recruitment. The spring payout is determined by the percent of first-year class size recruited or percentage change from last year’s total fall and spring membership dues to this year’s fall and spring membership dues, minus the amount previously received in the first-round check. Commission checks will be processed and mailed four to six weeks after March 26, 2010.
Example:
The following scenario is an example of how the fall commissions were calculated for a chapter:
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| Fall | Total |
| Members recruited | 150 | 158 |
| Total dues revenue | $10,200 | $10,744 |
| Class size | 225 | 225 |
| % of class size recruited | 66.7% | 70% |
| Prior year total dues | $8,500 | $8,500 |
| 2009 Members dues growth | 20% | 26% |
| Commission tier | 3 | 1 |
| Commission payout | 10% | 30% |
| Commissions paid | $1,020.00 | $3,223.20** |
| **Spring commission is Total commission - Fall commission = $2,203.20 | ||