maddysmom
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Registered: Dec 11, 2007
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| | March 17, 2009 | Reply with quote | #1 |
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Hello,
I have a new studio and the competition parents want to start a booster club- what are some pointers for when starting up a booster club- This is all very new to me along with my dance families. |
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beautybyte
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Registered: Aug 01, 2008
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| | March 17, 2009 | Reply with quote | #2 |
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| I don't have experience myself, but I know there are some websites around if you just Google the topic. I would defintitly set ground rules and try to be at least a little involved if you are a SO. The parents should be able to take care of most of the things for you as that would be their role and free you up to tech and mange your business. If you are able to let others control this portion of your business, then it should be fine on your end, but you have to give up that control. You will, however, have to control the froup at times, I'm sure. Keep in mind (this is only my opinion and not ment to be deogratory!) that the parents who want to start the group will typically be strong minded indiv. who like to control things on their own as well. Think PTA, etc. I know at our schools there are always a mix of personallities that may or may not get along! Good luck with your new studio and your adventures! (I looked at this topic myself, thinking I may want to present the idea to our SO, but decised against it myself.) |
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melsmomma
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Registered: April 13, 2008
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| | April 15, 2009 | Reply with quote | #3 |
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| First and foremost, decide who has final say as to decision making. Also, form an elected board of parents who are interested in holding the positions. I suggest Pres, VP, Secretary (take really good notes at all meetings and keep in a binder), Treasurer, and a Fundraising Chairperson. In our club the VP handles the fundraising. I also suggest having board members. Pick a number for board members needed that when added with the officers equals an odd number. This way you won't have to worry about tied votes. This was suggested to us by an expert in this area and has worked great for us. We are now non profit, but when we were the booster club our SO always sat in on the meetings to keep the peace, though we never had any real problems. As the club, the SO kept 40% of funds raised and used them to pay for a costume or 2 and some entry fees. The rest of the $ was (60%) went to each dancer. EX: My DD raised $100 selling candles. SO got $40 and my DD got $60 to go toward fees and/or tuition. Yes, there are disagreements at times, but over the years we have never had any huge problems. I think I speak for almost all of the parents when I say we have definitely benefited from it. Especially in today's economy it is always good to think of ways to help all the dancers! |
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boysdance2
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Registered: June 20, 2008
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| | May 08, 2009 | Reply with quote | #4 |
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Our studio is starting it's 7th year and also looking into some fundraising or parent association to help with competition/costume/national costs. With the economy the way it is everyone needs as much help as possible & we don't want to lose any dancers because they can't afford to compete. We love our showcase dancers but would love for them to come over to the competition side! Most of them are afraid of the costs so they won't even consider competing.
If anyone has started a parent association and has a form or some sort of paperwork they sent out to parents I would love to have a copy of it. We don't want to force parents to join but we would like to offer something to parents & be able to say this will help you and doesn't take a lot of work. |
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DWdanzer
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Registered: Aug 28, 2008
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| | June 06, 2009 | Reply with quote | #5 |
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| I am still trying to get my parents to run fundraisers. We need something easy, we are a small studio, so need something that only a few people can do but will bring in some cash. Ideas will be greatly appreciated |
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tapstermom
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Registered: Jan 08, 2008
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| | June 06, 2009 | Reply with quote | #6 |
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| We have one that is pretty successful. You can pm me or email me for more info. |
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PeaceLoveDance
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Registered: Sept 10, 2007
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| | June 09, 2009 | Reply with quote | #7 |
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| any one have any tips on parents forming 501(c)(3) for a dance team of 20 dancers? I googled the process and most every site says to consult a non-profit attorney. Is that really ncessary as the attorney fee plus applications fees would probably exceed what we raise for the season! |
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momw2girlygirls
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Registered: Sept 30, 2007
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| | June 11, 2009 | Reply with quote | #8 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by PeaceLoveDance
any one have any tips on parents forming 501(c)(3) for a dance team of 20 dancers? I googled the process and most every site says to consult a non-profit attorney. Is that really ncessary as the attorney fee plus applications fees would probably exceed what we raise for the season!
No, it isn't necessary. You just need to get the paperwork from the state dept of revenue.  |
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proudofmypetite
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Registered: June 10, 2008
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| | Nov 04, 2009 | Reply with quote | #9 |
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| You can find the 501c3 application on the IRS.gov website. It is a very large packet. |
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