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 Your ideas needed: co-op membership (currently 2,633 views) |
| dallin2001 |
| Posted on: June 2nd, 2004, 4:48am |
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Elizabeth,
I like your ideas.
As I said in my first posting on this thread, I do feel that members should be contributing. When you have invested time in something, you care more about its success. I don't think that assisting with one event per quarter is too much to ask of anyone. Goodness knows we all have full schedules, but if we want to benefit from the co-op, we need to be willing to contribute.
I also agree with your idea of having prospective members attend an event and meet at least one existing member before being granted membership. It's a simple precaution.
As for the assistance needed, I would be willing to fill one or more of those responsibilities. I think my choice would be to monitor who is attending events and hosting/organizing/assisting with events. However, I can't make it to each and every activity myself. I suppose that when I miss something, whoever organized it or hosted it can email me with the names of those who attended? I also wouldn't mind hosting a quarterly Mom's Night Out Potluck at our home. I could have my husband take the kids somewhere on those evenings, making possible for us to hear ourselves think and talk.
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| ang |
| Posted on: June 2nd, 2004, 3:55pm |
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I can also volunteer to help. Any of the jobs would be fine. Just let me know what you need. I have never done any of those kinds of things before, so please give any suggestions on how to handle it. Your ideas are very good Elizabeth. Also, (not to make things more complicated),
should each member pay a small amount per year to help out with the cost of the message board? I had been wondering myself for a while if you were paying for it on your own. Just a suggestion.
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| dallin2001 |
| Posted on: June 2nd, 2004, 8:26pm |
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I had been wondering about a small amount per year also, but I was afraid I would really rub people the wrong way by suggesting that. I'd be willing to pay an annual due though. This group so far (just since February) has made it possible for Dallin to do things I couldn't/wouldn't have arranged for on my own....viewing the behind the scene routine at the aquarium, climbing on the fire truck and the ambulance, seeing James and the Giant Peach, painting a plant pot and planting a flower with other children, etc. Coming up soon, Dallin will be in heaven at Lowe's. All of these oportunities are worth something. As I see it, Elizabeth donates enough in time alone each year; I feel a llittle guilty adding financial burdens as well.
I was also thinking about what I'd volunteered to do. If I am going to track who has been to events, I might as well track membership information as well, since I can create an Excel file to track all of it. I don't know that I want to be the contact person as far as answering questions and talking to prospective members...I'm really not that great at returning phone calls, as I often don't get the chance until very late at night. But, I could track membership names (with other required info)and activity in an excel file.
-Kari |
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| Admin |
| Posted on: June 2nd, 2004, 8:43pm |
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Oh no no no no no... There's one thing I want to avoid, and that's money issues. If we do money, it can complicate things enormously. We'd need to account for it, possibly need to elect treasurers and other "responsible" officers, possibly need a bank account for it, with all that possibly leading to tax consequences or needing to become a non-profit organization. Eeech.
I'm sorry if mentioning the cost of the web site sounded like I wanted to be reimbursed for it. I don't! As Kari pointed out, the web site helps create social/educational opportunities for my kids that make it worth the small cost of running it. My only concern is that the site doesn't get top-heavy with non-contributing members, because they increase the cost of the site without increasing our benefits from it. |
Elizabeth
Mom to Eric (8 ) and Ruby (4.5) |
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| ashemax |
| Posted on: June 4th, 2004, 7:42pm |
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Elizabeth, I love your ideas. Anything that will make your life easier and still allow all us homeschoolers this wonderful resource is at the top of my list. I would like to volunteer to be a contact person for any people that want to get information about the philosophy of our "group"; membership requirements, etc.
One of the things that I really enjoy about our group became very clear to me at the last park day...we all have an open-minded way of thinking about a lot of important issues (religion, education, socialization (both ours and our childrens)). I just can't thank every one of you for just being yourselves!
I said a little "thank you" to the universe for allowing me to meet such a wonderful group of women.
Thank you Elizabeth for starting this group and being such a wonderful moderator/leader!!
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