Talk:Effective Student Organization/Problems that Student Organizations Face

Please make general statements backed up with details of the organizational problems faced. Please do not add sentences that state this club has this problem (with no attempt to explain why)!!!--Paul James (talk) 21:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

* 1 Problems With Membership
I made an addition to the "Problems Recruiting New Membership" section, adding in the problem that the WWU Body Building Club has with keeping in touch with its current members. I added this because I feel like this is the biggest issue regarding the club seeing as how they recently put on their first event; it turned out to be a great success.

I made revisions to the SMASH group section about the struggle of technological advancements and how it effects membership. SMASH is a very popular video game among the youth and Nintendo technology continues to make newer versions because it is so popular. Advancements take time but they are created, especially with the Nintendo Corporation. If the SMASH club continues its run, there will be a newer version of SMASH that is released sometime in the next five years. Although the majority of SMASH club members prefer the original version, technological advancements will capture their interest and the interest of other gamers because the game will be enhanced. This will hopefully convince more people to join the club in the future and keep it alive.

I added an introductory paragraph to this section because it didn't have one before. I felt that it was important to bring up the topics that would be discussed in this section. I also thought it was important to talk about a positive example of a club with a lot of members and good recruitment strategies.

I added to the introductory paragraph pertaining to problems with membership and goals. I thought that this was necessary as a nice transition into the following paragraphs concerning specific clubs such as Submarine club.

I added on to the introduction of this page. I thought it did a goo job making a broad statement about the page but thought it would be helpful for readers to know a little more about what they would find. I added examples about problems different clubs could face so the idea would be more clear.

I felt that this section needed an introduction so I added the intro paragraph. I tried to give a general overview of the problems clubs have with membership and what the problems could lead to. I added the paragraph because I felt the page needed a general summary.

I added an introduction to the paragraph about the Scottish Dance Club which tied it in with VOX, another club with the exact same problem. Then I added a conclusion with a possible solution to the problem, because felt that made the statement more complete.

I added an introductory paragraph to this section. It explains how membership is a crucial aspect of clubs and how they keep up interest in it. I kept the paragraph general, so it wouldn't dwelve into aspects pertaining to only certain types of clubs.

o 1.1 Problems Recruiting New Membership I added an introduction here becuase I feel that this is an area that every club struggles with and membership is necessary for clubs to function.

I felt that the problems the Hui O' Hawaii club faced in recruiting needed clarification, along with the benefits their tactics could sometimes provide. I added a small section to this effect.

I added this section because the rugby team is totally turning around next year. They have a new head coach now and all the guys are driven towards winning regionals next year. + 1.1.1 Problems with New Member Auditions/Rehearsal

+ 1.1.2 Problems With Inexperienced New Members I added a conclusion paragraph to this section because I think it is important to realize that the only way to get experienced members is through teaching the new, inexperienced members. In order to have members who know what they are doing, they have to have patience with the new members.

I revised the opening paragraph to better state the intentions of this section.

I added an ending paragraph to this section that made a generalization that the majority of the clubs can relate to. This is important because it draws that section to a close.

I made an edit to the last paragraph about the Salsa Club and old members showing off to new members. I edited because I thought the subject needed to be elaborated on and made more general (so it could apply to more than just the Salsa Club). I also tried to make it sound a little less accusatory or the Salsa Club as not all the members are "stuck up."

o 1.2 Problems With Variable Membership: Decreases or increase in number of members I added a intro to this section, because I think that some would be confused on what the possible problems would be. also i tried to sum up some of the possible problems, so that people had an idea of what the next paragraphs would be about.

I added more clarification as to why the membership is so high at the beginning of the quarter compared to the end of the quarter. I based this analysis on the explanation of the group leader I interviewed.

+ 1.2.1 Problems With Advertising I added the Cycling to this section because it was an important part of their group and I gave them some ideas on how they could improve with getting their group out into the public. bertscr(b)

I added an introductory paragraph summarizing some of the advertising problems many groups face.

o 1.3 Problems Scheduling Membership Meetings and Activities I added the proplems with scheduling and promotion on the bulletin boards around school in all the buildings, and how it affects club attendence and advertising and also how the viking forum

o 1.4 Problems with meeting attendance I edited the introduction paragraph on the decrease of people coming to meetings and keeping people interested in clubs at Western. The reason I chose to edit this section was because the grammar was confusing and unorganized and too brief with explanations.

I added possible consequences to the example of the Scottish Dance Club because the negative consequences that may have been encountered due to low attendance rate did not seem sufficient. The paragraph only touched on one example of a negative consequence, I added a couple more.

o 1.5 Problems with members fighting

I reworded and added content to the photography club paragraph in the goals section. The original paragraph was unclear and the wording was kind of confusing.

Added summary of conflict/fighting in clubs. Moved a misplaced summarizing sentence up to "Problems Scheduling Membership Meetings and Activities" where it seemed to belong.

* 2 Problems With Leadership
o 2.1 Problems Recruiting Leadership

I edited and re-phrase this section because I thought they were using a great strategy to recruiting new members by asking memebers bring in their friends and widely spread on facebook. I felt this strategy can be follow by other clubs on campus, but this strategy does not work when a group of member that has to practice on weekly bases.

o 2.2 Problems Passing On Leadership Skills and Experiences

I edited this section because there were two hanging questions at the end of the paragraph that made one group sound inferior to the one being discussed in the paragraph. I felt this was not very professional and deleted one question and added in the answer instead. I explained further on the topic being discussed and made the paragraph more well-rounded (storram)

o 2.3 Problems Related to Ineffective Leadership I edited the Creators of Visual Art and Literature section. The name of the club was mistyped and the information provided gave the club a negative feeling. Since the members of the club will be able to see this, I tried to make it sound a bit more professional.(Masseya2) I wrote in introduction to the section and included the idea of making assistant positions to groom members for future leadership positions. (malonep)

* 3 Problems with communication
I decided to change the section titled, Ineffective types of communication. I made this change because communication is such a broad definition that I felt as if people needed a summary of what it is, so maybe they could fix their ineffective types of communication. I believe that it was the perfect place to put a introduction paragraph because it flowed right into the other paragraphs that students had left already

I added an introduction to this section. Most people see the word communication and look right past it, without thinking twice about how important communication is. I tried to shed some light on the importance of this section.

* 4 Problems Related to Operations and Planning
I added an intro for the entire section of Operations/Planning. I basically just looked at what the overall theme of this section's remarks were and wrote a brief synopsis. o 4.1 Problems With Funding This is a weird discussion page... anyways i added an intro to the page (does that count for the second part of the assignment???) and then added some fundraising struggles of S.H.O.T. also added sub headings for each of the club because it seemed like a lot of people did that in the other sections hopefully thats okay.Dammara (talk) 19:54, 31 May 2009 (UTC) I added a paragraph about possible strategies that could help raise money for the club. I also addressed the need for a better organization. (talk) I added more to the introduction to count for assignment 6 part C Dammara (talk) 20:05, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I added a definition of what LEAD club was because when I read this section I was unclear of what it really was and I didn't want to have to go searching for a definition and stray away from this page. Mazicks (talk) 21:02, 6 June 2009 (UTC) o 4.2 Problems With Missions and Goals I edited the Problems with missions and goals section by adding an introduction to it. I think it is important to discuss the relationship between the groups needs compared what their goals are going to be. Even if the goals of the group are just to entertain, this needs to be established to make the group successful.

* 5 Problematic Relationships With Other Clubs
o 5.1 Problems Interacting With Or Communicating With Another Club

I added an introductory paragraph to this section in order to illustrate the commonly shared necessities of good relations with other organizations.