Check list for opening a new TOWN Club
1. Venue. This must have enough seats, heating, facilities
for tea & coffee, a secure storage place for the scales and a cupboard,
be available every week of the year and be of reasonable rent.
2. It is good to start with a small group (20 to 30) so that the Committee
can get the feel of working together, before you advertise via local
shops and Doctors etc. The Club will grow quickly.
3. Every Club has to chose it's own colour for your felts and sashes.
4. You will need TOWN stationery - application forms, personal weight
sheets, and personal weight books, these will be supplied from the TOWN
office prior to the club starting.
5. Weight Recorders, Treasurers and Secretaries bound books are required.
6. New digital scales cost approximately $1100
7. If necessary, an interest free loan is available from Central Committee
for a period of two years, to assist with the purchase of scales and
setting up the club.
8. Finances can be aided by donations from existing clubs who are always
willing to assist.
9. Every new club is supplied free of charge a Resource Manual and a
Weight Recording Manual to assist the new committee
NEW CLUB PROGRAM
1. In advance - book a venue for a two hour period.
2. Your Zone Leader will send a letter to all clubs in your zone, advertising
the Meeting of Interest. Place, date, time.
3. Send a letter to any people who have shown an interest and have left
their name. State date and time for the meeting of interest.
4. A notice can be put in the local paper, announcing the Meeting of
Interest and notices may be put in shopping centres and community centres,
as well as local Doctors surgeries.
5. Meeting of interest should be conducted by the Zone Leader and training
team within the zone. It is good to provide a 'cuppa' to chat over.
Tea - coffee - milk - sweetener - biscuits
Cups - dish cloth - spoons - urn.
6. If the Club is to go ahead, a Committee should
be appointed at the meeting of interest. The first committee meeting
arranged and an announcement made of the Clubs starting date and time.
7. All new members need to bring a Doctors letter stating their desired
goal weight. Please remind all prospective new members that TOWN has
a minimum requirement of 6.5 kgs weight loss.