Club Growth New Club Building Optimal Club Size
Club Growth & New Club Building
Optimal Club Size? • Average club 59. 4 members • Club Board is 9 Members • Normally, school size does not matter if 300+
Current Club Status Ø 402 charters Ø 373 active (paid) clubs ü 67 clubs less than 20 members Ø 29 non-paid clubs / charters ü 16 “Suspended” members? ü 13 “Inactive” will lose their charters
Why Larger than 20? ü Club Strength Small pool of qualified leaders Weak leadership Weak club
Why Larger than 20? ü Diversity • • • Adequate Grade level Mentoring senior leaders Rich Individual member diversity Adequate Member power Next year’s focus on service not rebuilding?
Why Larger than 20? ü Risk of Inactive Status Most clubs inactive and charter revoked clubs had less than 20 members the previous year.
Does size matter? Small School ≠ Small Membership
Ten Largest School Population 2014 -15 Members 3212 542 2894 Ten Smallest School Population 2014 -15 Members Coral Reef Senior H. S. 2281 1 319 Olympia H. S. 1642 1165 304 Cardinal Gibbons H. S. 2120 215 3032 Ten Average School Population 2014 -15 Members Hagerty H. S. 2629 56 Miramar H. S. 3 Dillard H. S. 1237 56 Tavares H. S. 1888 3 Forest Hill Community H. S. 2802 56 Vero Beach Senior H. S. West Boca Raton H. S. 1390 4 Dunedin H. S. 743 57 Coral Shores H. S. 214 J. P. Taravella H. S. 1929 5 Clearwater H. S. 775 58 Carrollton School 4375 208 Cypress Bay H. S. 587 6 Taylor 1925 58 Charlotte H. S. 2841 205 Jupiter H. S. 2910 7 Apopka H. S. 1835 59 Barbara Goleman Senior H. S. 3075 200 Marjory Stoneman Douglas H S 1030 7 Atlantic H. S. 1756 59 Blake H. S. 2477 195 Palm Harbor University H. S. 1199 7 Central H. S. (Brooksville) 1649 59 Choctawhatchee H. S. 3055 194 Boca Raton H. S. 2200 8 Duncan U Fletcher H. S. 1232 60 Suwannee H. S. 2825 School 1706 School 1658 School
What Determines Club Size? ü ü ü ü Leadership skills How club is perceived by students Effectiveness of guidance by adult advisors Membership Expectations Involvement beyond club level Kiwanis involvement School administration has positive regard for club
Intervention for < 20 Clubs ü Assess reason for low membership ü ü Create a plan to address reasons Avoid making / accepting excuses Meeting of club board, including both advisors Use online resources
Intervention for Inactive Clubs ü First priorities are current club strengthening ü ü and club reactivation Be familiar with paperwork Bring Kiwanis into the process early Steps to Reactivating – Tab 9 Review Steps to Chartering – Tab 9 Review
Goal Setting Consider your clubs who are ü Inactive ü Suspended ü Under 20 members
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