What do you want out or a club?
 

hey guys, and Patrick i can help out with any desighn stuff like logos, banners, web site desighn. i am set up to do that sort of thing so just let me know if i could help out with anything

What do you want out or a club?
 

Darren, I don't understand, why are you chanting my name? [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img] Looks like there is lots of interest in running the club, I only hope there's as much interest when it comes time to pony up for the membership fees.

Patrick, with the membership size of say 25-30 would you agree we probably only need 4 people in the governing body? Oops, make that five (my position as the omnipotent veto holder lest you forget).

What do you want out or a club?
 

Have we decided on how many people we would like to elect?

As an example the Toronto club has 7 members on council with about 60 – 100 paid members that belong to the club. They have seen quite the rise in members over the past few months and the I spoke to the President last week just to see about how they started their constitution and bylaws. He is sending me a copy of their news letter as a reference and he gave me some useful information that I could pass on to the appropriate people i.e. like how to get advertisements by local or national companies in a quarterly newsletter etc.

If I was to promote myself for a position I would love to work with something like marketing/advertising newsletter type of position.

Patrick

What do you want out or a club?
 

For any size of club we could get away with 3 people, as everyone will always be helping anyways. If we wanted we could start with 4 – 5 people with a review in 6 months or we can just wait until next year. At that time the people on the council would have a good idea of how many people are needed.

The Toronto example was just to show how a fellow club is doing it. I agree with Troy that we could start off with 5 and go from there.

I really believe that we will start with 25 – 30 people but grow to 50 or more by summers end. I for one, am really excited about this club as it is going to give me a chance to not only see peoples tanks but to learn from the experts on stuff like lighting and fraggin, etc.

Just an FYI. To has seen quite the rise in member ships. They are currently getting 60 people at the last few meetings. They charge $25.00 per person and $35.00 for a family (spouse and young children only). They have given us permission to copy their bylaws etc and we could make any changes that we want.

Patrick

What do you want out or a club?
 

here's an idea for consideration.
two vp's, one for lower mainland and one for vi. generally vp's are movers and shakers and the pres orchestrates the focus of others to reach the end goal.

i'm going to step up and make a couple nominations because that's usually how it is done:

1. troy for president because he's got tact
2. darren for vp-lower mainland because he is a mover and shaker
3. bruce for vp-vi because a guy as grey as him has gotta be really knowledgable
4. christy for secretary/treasurer because she can count to 101
5. patrick for communications (newsletter, marketing etc.)

if i could suggest addl positions be appointed as needed and those who want to be involved as more than members be appointed on council as "memers at large" - basically they are available for varied assignments. i think we need to get these nominations up and voted on to get this framework established before spring.
shane the one armed reefer

What do you want out or a club?
 

something to concider that if you set up a bank account for the club and it required two sig's, (usaly the presadent and the treasur, set up this way so if the positions change it is simple to change at the bank) but they should be on the same side of the pond. otherwise it will be a logistical nightmare getting anything that requires money done.

Steve