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Organizing A Leather Group-Initial Meeting Guidelines |
Where to Meet
- Safe place - quiet, respecting personal space and privacy
- Neutral place - important for a democracy style group, lends itself to a feeling of being comfortable
- Public - removes chance of space owner controlling things (private home), lends itself to a feeling of personal security
- Our meeting place is:____________________________________________________
When to Meet
- Regular meeting dates are important for stability, planning, and a feeling of democracy:
- _________Day of each month (once a month meeting)
- Or
- Each ___________________(weekly)
- Regular meeting times: __________ AM / PM
- Allow time for people to plan on attending (more than one month suggested)
Publicity
- Personal Invites (careful to avoid clichés and appearances of same)___________
- Email Lists: ___________________________________________________________________________
- Newspapers: ____________________________________________________________________________
- Voicemail Information: _________________________________________________________________
- Costs (keep as low as possible): _______________________________________________________
Conducting Initial Meetings
- Stay focused on objectives - group formation, not play or demonstrations
- Atmosphere - non-threatening, safe
- Social safety - confidentiality, privacy, and discretion
- Emotional safety - tolerance and acceptance
- Physical safety - vigilance, physical safety of attendees
- Discussion
- Facilitator / Moderator to maintain group direction:____________________
- Everyone's opinions are important - provide opportunity for everyone to participate
- As professional as possible and be politically correct
- Handouts: ________________________________________________
- Outlines: ________________________________________________
- Speakers: ________________________________________________
- Scribe - taking notes about all decisions and reasons for them
- Name:___________________________________________________
- Review notes from current meeting at next meeting
- Distribute notes? _______________________________________
- Other:___________________________________________________
- Other:___________________________________________________
- Other:___________________________________________________
- Other:___________________________________________________