How to Make a Time Chart for a Club or Guild

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Begin with a plan of your final time chart.

   Draw a line; it can be either horizontal or vertical and you can change it as you plan if it seems better in the other direction.
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   Step 2: Write down all the main events that you and the other members consider relevant and important for inclusion on the time chart.

   Consider such things as:
   When the club or guild began Visits by VIPs Awards Adoption of new standards or rules Entry of new classes of members Change of premises Special purchases, including property Fundraising events , Make sure that the events suggested are relevant, interesting and overall contribute towards giving readers a good sense of the direction that your club or guild has been taking over the years. , Leave spaces between the years to give a sense of time moving on.
   
   Mark decade changes with large dates; other dates can be smaller.
   
   Include illustrations, photos etc. where appropriate; signal this by marking on the draft plan. , Consideration should be given to how the time chart is to be displayed, durability, quality, materials to be used, human resources available and costs.
   
   For example, a large silk runner that has hand stitched dates and fabric photo input will likely be expensive and time-consuming compared to a poster but its lasting legacy will be greater and might even become a club or guild heirloom. , There are many possibilities for the format and you may like to consider two formats; one for long display and one for mass distribution amongst club or guild members.
   
   Here is a small starter list to fire your own imagination:
   Poster Quilt Fabric wall-hanging Engraving on metal Website version Small paper version for a printed newsletter Bookmarks As part of a club or guild history book publication Light projection , Decide whether it will be made by professionals, by volunteers, or perhaps by a combination of both.
   
   You will also need to consider whether or not you would like to unveil the time chart as part of a ceremony.
   
   If so, plans should begin for such an event and the timeline should be adhered to closely. , Keep an archive of the time chart that your club or guild creates.
   
   Just as you are rounding up past events for this time chart, some day there many well be future generations who round up your efforts as part of the past and this will feed into their capacity to keep history alive and accurate.
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   Step 3: Go through the list of events.

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   Step 4: Mark off the chosen events on your timeline drawn under step one.

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   Step 5: Make a decision how you will create the time chart in its final format.

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   Step 6: Consider different types of format.

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   Step 7: Arrange for the time chart to be created.

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   Step 8: Keep a record.

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