I'm interested in any advice that can be given to newly formed clubs.
MAAST - Marine Aquarist's Association of South Texas - was unofficially formed last summer(then known as San Antonio Reefers group) as we sort of piggy backed with the Austin ReefKeepers through a Yahoo! email list(then to our own email list). In October of 2002 the San Antonio group conducted our first get together at a local restaurant where we worked on a new club name and soon decided on MAAST.
With our webpage up (www.maast.org) we've quickly grown to now 110+ online members. Our members range from area such as San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, and even a few outside the state of Texas.
Lately my thoughts have been centralized around how to start forming our group into an official Society. I've noticed some clubs have filed for non-profit status, while others have filed themselves as incorporations (MARSH did this I believe).
What's the recommended process for not only filing for this status, but also getting a board of directors(voting for Pres, VP, etc.), how much for first year dues, and anything else that may be important. As of yet we're pretty much winging it. :wink:
MAAST - Marine Aquarist's Association of South Texas - was unofficially formed last summer(then known as San Antonio Reefers group) as we sort of piggy backed with the Austin ReefKeepers through a Yahoo! email list(then to our own email list). In October of 2002 the San Antonio group conducted our first get together at a local restaurant where we worked on a new club name and soon decided on MAAST.
With our webpage up (www.maast.org) we've quickly grown to now 110+ online members. Our members range from area such as San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, and even a few outside the state of Texas.
Lately my thoughts have been centralized around how to start forming our group into an official Society. I've noticed some clubs have filed for non-profit status, while others have filed themselves as incorporations (MARSH did this I believe).
What's the recommended process for not only filing for this status, but also getting a board of directors(voting for Pres, VP, etc.), how much for first year dues, and anything else that may be important. As of yet we're pretty much winging it. :wink:
