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Post by ddaypunk06 on Jul 31, 2008 15:45:32 GMT -6
Yo Drew, I need the Treasurer crap from you. Bring it next time you come out and give me a call so I can get it from you!
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Post by Andrew on Jul 31, 2008 18:13:39 GMT -6
Yes indeed. It'll be a while, but definitely before school starts.
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Post by ddaypunk06 on Aug 1, 2008 16:53:25 GMT -6
Works for me, we should start discussing possible things to use the money on. I would think we should do a poll so everyone has a word in on it or something.
Post ideas!!!
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Post by Rios on Aug 1, 2008 17:32:50 GMT -6
pfff...like ya gotta ask, hookers and blow...what else is there to spend money on
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Post by dragonbait on Aug 1, 2008 21:10:55 GMT -6
more hookers....and more blow?
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Post by ddaypunk06 on Aug 2, 2008 0:59:27 GMT -6
True that...I'm sure OBG John has the hookup on that shitt... lol
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Post by Andrew on Aug 3, 2008 10:24:28 GMT -6
I had a thought; should we split our funding for the outlying chapters? So like have Dekalb 60% of total, Northern and Southern each have 20% of the total?
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Post by Pop goes the world on Aug 3, 2008 10:34:48 GMT -6
I dunno... I think any division of funding should reflect the income of said chapter... Diverting money from the DeKalb chapters towards the outlying chapters seems like a bad idea. If money is not getting to DeKalb from the franchise chapters, it probably shouldn't go the other way around either.
Speaking of which, are the outlying chapters charging dues? If so, who is taking care of that accounting?
It's not like we really have much money anyway, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
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Post by ddaypunk06 on Aug 3, 2008 14:04:08 GMT -6
To tell you the truth I totally disagree. Those who are members in the outlying chapters are original members from dekalb. If you recruit people. Take in their money to be members. Money from the dekalb chapter is all from dekalb members and should not be divided.
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Post by Pop goes the world on Aug 3, 2008 15:34:46 GMT -6
Delso, are you disagreeing with me or Andrew? You and I appear to be arguing the same thing.
Plus, if franchise chapters take money from new members, is it the job of the DeKalb chapter treasurer to account for it? Where is the division between the chapters? Are the chapters their own entities, and responsible for their own leadership?
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Post by Andrew on Aug 3, 2008 16:20:32 GMT -6
Like I said; just a thought. In hindsight it doesn't seem that logical to have multiple holdings. We are a small empire and thus can have central things like funding and whatnot. If a chapter wants some monies for club events or whatever, they can ask for it from the Dekalb (home) chapter. And unlike the stupid SA, we'll actually give it out.
I like that system better already. Obviously it must keep things in reason...say using the percentages I used earlier as being the max possible requisitioned. Or it might depend on the activity; if suddenly we gain six members up here and we all want to start churning out club stuff then that can be taken into account.
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Post by ddaypunk06 on Aug 3, 2008 17:53:13 GMT -6
I didn't even read your post adam...I think I scrolled past it on accident. I was disagreeing with Andrew.
Drew, I think that we shouldn't worry about the other chapters needing money until they have some members other than the core members that started it. Until they are big enough to be their own entity, they are more like sub chapters right now. I think Frankfort has a few though that aren't core members.
Start recruiting lol. Recruiting will make your chapter bigger and then you can develop. Recruiting is the life force of a club.
Frankfort chapter has been around a while now and hasn't asked for money. Speaking of which...Dekalb chapter hasn't even used any money. In the case a chapter needs money, it should request it from the main chapter. Exec will discuss it and report back asap.
The only things anyone would need any money for was gamesday. As exec I believe we decided against giving money to Ian, Randy, and Aaron...because it would probably be for something that is not to be used by the club later...or some other reason.
I'm probably going in circles lol. Unless you need the money for a good reason, there is no reason for the club to give it out.
The only thing I know we agreed on using it for was club only tournaments with a prize for the winner or something for each game.
Would you guys be able to come out for those?
We should all probably begin talking about the fall tournament soon too. That way we can put flyers and adds out about it in advance. Try and attract some NIU students in.
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Post by RARE CHOICE GAMES on Aug 3, 2008 19:07:32 GMT -6
I also agree with Adam and Delso on this. As of right now thr frankfort chapter with its 5-7 members doesnt need a lot of funding and we arent recruiting heavily as our club is going to be a bit more exclusive.
If anything the individual chapters (frankfort and gurnee, and any others that may pop up) should decide how and if they will collect dues or make money or if it will just be a out of pocket thing.
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Post by Pop goes the world on Aug 3, 2008 20:21:07 GMT -6
I agree with Delso as far as reasons for funding. Club money should only go to things that equally benefit all club members like tournaments or other organized play support. Like you said, Delso, giving money for games day tables and stuff does not serve everyone, as it is only used once or twice and then somebody ends up taking it home to keep.
Funding is definitely a treacherous issue. When money starts getting spent, things always get complicated, especially with meager incomes like ours.
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Post by RARE CHOICE GAMES on Aug 4, 2008 13:41:31 GMT -6
I like to think of the chapters as seperate clubs but also part of a larger orgnaization. We are seperate in that we have seperate leadership and events and such but whole as in we share a website and participate events that can be organized for all the chapters (such as tournaments and what not).
I really think splitting money between the chapters is a bad idea.
As i said before each chapter should be responsible for its own fundraising (or lack of fundraising in some cases).
I also agree with Delso and Adam again that club funds shouldnt necessarily be used for gamesday boards as every member of the club does not get the benefits of the GD boards.
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Post by heatseeker on Aug 5, 2008 14:24:47 GMT -6
I agree that the branch chapters should start recruiting. This will provide more funding and give those branches a better opportunity to hold events and help the chapters grow independently. Being more exclusive is not going to do anything for the branches as it is just going to have that member cap and not develop any further. If we did not recruit in the first place in Dekalb, NIMGC would have pretty much failed. Just think of the branch chapters as another NIMGC starting. The branches should not look to Dekalb for any support because it would be pretty useless to have a branch chapter and yet continue to dabble in Dekalb.
I know a bunch of people in the area that would be willing to join the club (Frankfort chapter). They also know people and so on. The only step is finding a place to play. Hobbytown in Orland was talking about gaming night. We would have to check out how big the area is and what terrain they would have, but it is better than nothing thus far. We also have the library to rent out, someone's house, or a gaming store in the area. I guarantee it is not impossible to accomplish in this area. Just a matter of doing so. Which is why I am currently looking into finding a location and starting meetings soon.
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Post by ddaypunk06 on Aug 5, 2008 22:13:54 GMT -6
Going with what matt has said. Recruiting will add to the experience of your chapters. I have met so many cool people when we add to the club roster. Ben Silver is a great example...wish the dude wasn't going to Seattle.
I wan't to give a round of applause to our core members that have made this club much bigger than much of us thought it could be. Its not over yet, but I think we have done a good job as a club thus far.
Also...screw the SA. WE don't need them, and the past year has proven that.
On a side note, I have begun looking for templates that I can hopefully modify to give the Main Site a face lift. If josh can get a server running then I will be able to for sure add a page for each of the chapters and if its hosted possibly an email account or something.
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Post by Andrew on Aug 7, 2008 7:46:33 GMT -6
I'll be bringing it this weekend. I'll drop it off with John if you're not there.
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Post by RARE CHOICE GAMES on Aug 7, 2008 10:27:26 GMT -6
When I say exclusive I dont mean just me, randy, matt and thats it. I want to recruit more people for Frankfort Chapter but I think that we should be a little more selective with our members.
- I dont want younger kids for one. I am not babysitting. Does anyone remember ghost, the kid that showed up that I had to give a ride home too cause his parents wouldnt pick him up...anyone. Yeah I dont want to do that again.
- Two, I want people who are interested and care about the club itself and will help with things that club wants to do. This is a problem somewhat in Dekalb ( at least it was the last two years) is you had people in the club who didnt want much to do with the club besides on thursday nights. I am not saying people have to help or are obligated to help but if people want to get perks of the club they should help out a little especially since as of right now our chapter does not collect dues.
Also Matt we do need to check out Hobbytown...they wanted a regular date that was the main problem with them.
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Post by ddaypunk06 on Aug 7, 2008 12:10:57 GMT -6
There are a few that hung out with us outside of club like when we went to Junction. Actually that was a lot of core members.
Odd balls that stick out:
Justin (normaly just at club)
Tom
Aaron
Bill
Dan
Other than that, the only other people who really stick out as doing things with club members outside of Thursday nights are...Bill, Ben Silver (damn kid had to leave *tear*), and maybe Aaron Z...
Thats why I try to push people to come hang with us for food after club when we can all afford it...or have games/RPG sessions at my place. Unfortunately the later are few in number...
I think we have recruited some good guys the past two years. We just need to look harder. To tell you the truth, I like a mid size to smaller size club. When we jump into the large category we will lose members I think. The problem being there will be too many people in the club to know one another.
I dunno, I guess this is rambling lol...
Anyways, I will be at OBG today and tomorrow Drew. Caleb is supposed to be there tomorrow too.
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