<p>So myself and a group of studented co-founded a club called Contemporary Moral Problems. It has been approved, we have a charter, etc. We would like to hold a special interest meeting before the end of the year to get things straight for the beginning of the next year. Basically we are a club where every two weeks or so, we stay after school and discuss Contemporary Moral Problems, such as the death penalty, abortion, gay marriage, etc. We do not debate!!! What kind of things do you think we should go over during this special interest meeting? I am thinking:
Should we hold elections before the end of the year or wait until next year?
What kind of topics would you like to discuss?
What days/times would be good for you to stay for meetings?
What activities/events would you like to see?</p>
<p>Any special recommendations from the CC Community?</p>
<p>Seriously…? You have members at all?</p>
<p>Meeting unsolvable issues, with no debate… sounds like a winner to me. </p>
<p>Why couldn’t you start something like film club and watch movies in school? If I were you, I’d throw out the charter, write a new one, get a teacher who has a projector, and advertise that film club is up during certain days at lunch.</p>
<p>There is already a film club and we have at least 20 interest “members”. We are not doing formal debating, just having an intellectual discussion.</p>
<p>Ok then. </p>
<p>I think your club should be doing more for your community, or it’ll be nothing more than an ineffectual think tank. </p>
<p>Maybe you guys can vote on an issue one week, and do things to promote your views (protests, fundraising, volunteering) the next week. Intellectual discussion quickly comes to nothing without any action. </p>
<p>As for elections: are you the president? If you are, democracy is for losers. If you aren’t in leadership… then push for an election.</p>
<p>Unless all your members have the same viewpoint, you are going to end up with huge arguments at the end of every meeting. Might as well set it up as a debate so that there are rules.</p>
<p>Thank you for your input.</p>