<p>does anyone have any personal experience starting a club at their school?
i have a lot of ideas, but i don't exactly know how to get them started.
i'm afraid there won't be enough interest =[ and i'll fail at the whole thing.</p>
<p>I've started two.
I'd suggest that if you don't know how to get clubs started, try out your worst idea first. That way you'll be a lot more experienced when you try starting the club you care most about, and you'll be able to get more people.</p>
<p>Make sure you get permisssion and a sponsor. People got suspended/expelled for starting various unauthorized clubs. Granted, one was a fight club, but others were just like random things that wouldn't have gotten people in trouble if they'd only had a sponsor.</p>
<p>thanks [:
and when you mean a sponsor, you mean a teacher or something?
i was thinking of starting a fencing club, but for that you need a coach, money, and a lot of other stuff.</p>
<p>by any chance,
does anyone know anything about mu alpha theta?</p>
<p>I started a tech/computer club at my school. First thing I did was write up a "proposal" which simply stated what would happen in the club and how things would be run. I presented it to a teacher who I thought would be a good advisor and he spoke with the administration. The administration reviewed our proposal and asked to get signatures so they know people will actually sign up. After showing them, the club was formed. Since all this happened at the end of the year, we're actually started in September.</p>
<p>how long did the whole process take?</p>
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<p>I showed the proposal to the teacher in April and got the O.K from administration in June. It would've been faster but the principal wasn't available to talk to the teacher/advisor.</p>
<p>i'm looking to start a mu alpha theta club.
however, i don't really have a good sponsor in mind.
my math teacher last year would definitely not be interested.
and the one i have this year probably wouldn't be either.</p>
<p>i'd feel embarassed just to ask around.
i'm also really afraid of failing at starting the club :/</p>
<p>Yeah, a sponsor is a teacher. Ask your math teachers anyway...you never know. If they say no, go to the head of the math dept.- at least they should be interested and may be able to help you find an interested teacher you don't know. If not, ask other kind teachers- many sponsors at my school have absolutely nothing to do with their respective clubs. Really, they don't need to be- all they have to do is watch you and make sure you don't kill anyone.</p>
<p>lol thanks [:
has anyone ever failed at starting a club?
i'm a little nervous.</p>
<p>I started two. One failed because the sponsor teacher ran off to some other school and no other teacher had nowhere near the experience as he did. That was for Quiz Bowl. </p>
<p>The other is the film club. It became the most popular club at school in a few weeks because all we do is watch movies, and the teacher supervising is cool. </p>
<p>Our administration is a joke. They really don't know what goes on at the school. If we turn in the forms for club application, then you're good to go. No hassle, no Big Brother watching over your shoulder.</p>
<p>well you have an excuse for your failure. i'm just afraid we won't get enough interest and it'll yeah .. just eventually collapse.</p>
<p>but film club sounds like a good idea too.
how often do you guys meet? and when you handed in your
application, what did you say your intention was?
and lol, did you guys really just watch movies? because that's pretty awesome.</p>