I can't do this on my own anymore!

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Hey all,

Well, I’m here to confess, I can’t do everything on my own anymore, and I’m feeling more and more embarassed when the notions of things needing to be done, by members, come in, and I feel as though I’m responsible for not having things done for everyone.

Things I’ve been doing/was doing/should be doing:

-Keeping the webpage updated all the time, for the simple reason that I don’t have a clue how to operate any of these web designing programs.

-Changing the programing on the forum program cause I don’t have a clue how to operate that either, so for me to change anything is impossible.

-Spend my time thinking up things to talk about at meetings.

-Thinking up new innovative things for the club to do as a whole for different events.

-Contacting and organizing for events that the NECC wants to take part in. i.e. VUB or SCC etc.

-Finding out information and registering/applying/paying for, for the NECC to become an Official Not for Profit Organization.

-Ordering stickers for the members

-Printing membership cards for new members cards on my personal printer and then laminating them at work while no one is looking.

-Printing the hundreds of NECC flyers off of my personal computer.

-Promoting the NECC.

-Keeping track off all of the members and making sure that they have new titles on the forum for both the user groups and members sections.

I’ve done all of this with the exception of a few things and a few things that I didn’t mention since the club started, I NEED HELP. Not just help like, “Hey Aaron, I’ll help you”, and then I never hear anything of that person again or anything to do with the club.

I know that people have personal lives, work, and school and what not to worry about, and that’s great, cause I do too, but if you can’t do what you said you were going to do, then no problem, just let me know and we’ll figure something out. I swear I don’t care, I just don’t want the club to suffer and for me to look bad in the long run.

You know all of those ideas/complaints/cirticism/thoughts etc etc good or bad? I love them all, and I know that they are only to better the club as a whole, problem is, I can’t fix/do all of them myself. So I’m asking for people to help me. Like I said above though, don’t offer if you can’t pull through.

Current/needed titles of the NECC:

Treasurer - Taking in membership fees/sponsor fees/advertising fees, and accounts payable (web hosting, server, design, stickers, misc. fees).

Webmaster - Design/maintenance/updating/organization of the NECC’s webpage, including the events sections etc.

Forum Administration/Master - Upkeep of the Forum, design, color schemes, posts, etc

Events Coordinator - Ideas and Planning/organizing of the NECC events. This includes monthly meetings and the things to be done during it.

NECC Informant (title pending) - Planning of all materials to be spoken about at the monthly meetings and keeping tract of them. This includes communicating with all of the other NECC Administrators before meetings to exchange any information about the club/members/events/ideas/thoughts etc etc to be discussed at upcoming meetings.

If anyone can think of any other positions that should be neccessary for the NECC or a change in the titles for these postions, please feel free to discuss. Some of these positions are currently taken, but I will be PMing these people to discuss further their “commitment” to these positions, and I’ll keep you updated.

I want people to be able to take their proper titles, and take responsibility and pride of the club as if it was their own. There is no pay or any advantages in doing this, just knowing that you’ve helped me and the club members out. This is volunteer work.

Thanks all, and sorry for the quarterly rants, I just want to see this club get where it could be. I’m just letting you all know how it is.

Aaron

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Like I had said before Aaron, I would be willing to “help” out with the website. I would not be able to run and maintain the whole site myself, but I would more than willing help update pages or minor maintenance weekly or monthly!!

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TylerH currently has the position of webmaster, and I’m speaking with him over it right now. I’ll let you know how things pan out.

Thanks Jay.

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I’m realy trying to do my job!! Are you firing me?? :frowning:

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Nope, not at all. Like I said in the post, some of the positions have already been filled. There hasn’t been much time between you and Dave taking on the position and now, so for me to gauge how well you have been doing is next to impossible. Keep on truckin, and thanks for your post on the other members topic.

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One thing that I thought would be benefical to the events co-ordinators position, is the ability to send out a mass email. I know you can do it Aaron, but it there any way for us? Maybe you can just send me a list of all the email addys?

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Yeah, thats a good idea. Only thing is, is that if someone else wanted to make mass emails, they would have to have ‘admin’ status on the forum here. Once everything is in place, I figure out who to make “admin” and then work from there. In the mean time, I’ll get a list together for you guys.

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HAHAHA. I never told you that I PM’ed Aaron with that same question like 3 hours b4 you posted that. Great minds think alike :smiley:

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Hey, this is one of the things that the club’s extra money could be used for. I saw a laminator in the Wal-Mart flyer for 20 bucks! And I could look into the cost of bulk printing flyers. Single-side, single-color shouldn’t be too expensive. Do you need a “Printmaster”? :lol:

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Hahaha. Awesome!

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There is an in-house print shop at my workplace. Here’s what they charge:

materials cost
20lb white paper $7.14/1000
20lb coloured paper $12.21/1000
+GST

printing cost
$34.00/1000
-10% staff discount
Total $30.60/1000
+GST

So 20lb. white costs (7.14 + 30.60 + GST) /1000 = $4.04 per 100 sheets
and 20lb. coloured paper costs (12.21 + 30.60 + GST) / 1000 = $4.58 per 100 sheets

They can accept the original in various electronic formats, preferably PDF.
PM me if you are interested.

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I just saw the EPC and the EVO club flyers and they look VERY NICE!! They are colored and double sided glossy look. Very professional. We maybe should look at changing the look of ours if we are going to print out alot of them…and since the price is very reasonable it might be something to look into. Just a thought. Not that I don’t like the ones we have now.

Thoughts??

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Awesome, thanks. We could use this to print flyers. I can still do the membership cards here at home, no problem. Just printing the hundreds of flyers is tiresome. How many colors does that include, or is that just black/gray scale?

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Glad I could help :smiley: That price was for black & white. I based it on our current membership form. However, the shop is capable of just about anything. Magazines, banners, posters, brochures, etc. E-mail a sample to me and I will ask for another quote. The shop mainly uses Adobe® Creative Suite, but there are also three machines with CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite. Also let me know the size and type of paper you want to use. Thanks.

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You’ll have to give me some time, as I’m in the middle of midterms and projects for school. All of this work might have to wait til the Xmas holidays. :roll: It’s winter, so it’s ok. lol.

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Midterms . . . those were the days. :roll:

Hey, no rush. Won’t need any flyers for a few months anyway. Before anyone goes to the trouble of creating a sample, let me know generally what you plan to do: how many colors, size and type of paper. I can get an estimate first so that you can compare to the black & white cost and see if it is worth it.

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I’d be glad to work on anything web/ graphic design related. It’s nice to add things to my portfolio… which is growing, but still small.

Jeff

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I understand your frustration. My life’s been a little crazy for a while and I ended up moving back to Sylvan Lake, AB. My bad I haven’t been involved as much as I first intended. Sorry dudes.

But on the plus side I think this club is moving along alright just need a little patience. Edmonton is still small town mentality. Keep up the good work and for now I’ll keep spreading the good word about the club.

Peace,
-Ryan

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I think I might have mentioned this in another post but:

I’M UNEMPLOYED! GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO!! :smiley:

Seriously I’m on EI right now, just sitting at home. I won’t be going back to work until the construction season starts in April. If you want some stuff done, just let me know what it is and I’ll get it handled. I’ll be at the meet this Sunday if you wanna talk more about it. :slight_smile:

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Sounds good guys, thanks. I’ll keep it in mind and think of something.

Aaron