How to Create a Social Committee at Your Workplace
Get your team., Organize your team., Follow up your first meeting.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Get your team.
Tell your management that you want to start a social committee ask if it will be okay to advertise events and meetings in a mutually agreed location.
Some employers allow their social committees to meet and organize events during working hours.
If they do so, then do not abuse this privilege.
Firstly the committee will need members you will need at least a Chair Person, Treasurer and Secretary then an appropriate number of ordinary members.
Place sign-up posters to allow your work colleagues to sign-up to be on the committee.
Don't forget to leave space to volunteer for the three posts that were mentioned -
Step 2: Organize your team.
When you have enough names set a date and time for your first meeting.
Your First meeting.
There is a lot to do at this first meeting so set up an agenda of all the issues that will be discussed during the meeting.
This will allow the attendees time to prepare any research or information they would like to discuss at the time of the meeting.
Confirm Senior Committee members, as you set it up it is likely you will be asked to be conveyor, however any contested positions should be put to the vote.
Set up an account.
The committee will usually require some form of bank account, so the next point should be to decide who will be the named holders; this is generally the treasurer and 1 or 2 other members of the committee.
Potential incomes, many social committees supplement their activities via various means, some provide pay-per-game pool tables in their staff canteens, others bake sales, at this first meeting the aim is to find out what people think will work at their work and give out assignments where necessary to secure these income sources.
Your first event.
This is now the fun part, you get to plan and organize your first event, whether its something as simple as a company trip to the park or the dreaded Christmas night out, you can start planning it out.
Recap and close, the secretary should now recap everything that has went on during the meeting as well as highlighting the various tasks that have been assigned , After your first meeting, you should give some time to allow people to get the jobs done that they have been assigned, around a fortnight is usually long enough before your second meeting.
You have now set up your social committee, congratulations. -
Step 3: Follow up your first meeting.
Detailed Guide
Tell your management that you want to start a social committee ask if it will be okay to advertise events and meetings in a mutually agreed location.
Some employers allow their social committees to meet and organize events during working hours.
If they do so, then do not abuse this privilege.
Firstly the committee will need members you will need at least a Chair Person, Treasurer and Secretary then an appropriate number of ordinary members.
Place sign-up posters to allow your work colleagues to sign-up to be on the committee.
Don't forget to leave space to volunteer for the three posts that were mentioned
When you have enough names set a date and time for your first meeting.
Your First meeting.
There is a lot to do at this first meeting so set up an agenda of all the issues that will be discussed during the meeting.
This will allow the attendees time to prepare any research or information they would like to discuss at the time of the meeting.
Confirm Senior Committee members, as you set it up it is likely you will be asked to be conveyor, however any contested positions should be put to the vote.
Set up an account.
The committee will usually require some form of bank account, so the next point should be to decide who will be the named holders; this is generally the treasurer and 1 or 2 other members of the committee.
Potential incomes, many social committees supplement their activities via various means, some provide pay-per-game pool tables in their staff canteens, others bake sales, at this first meeting the aim is to find out what people think will work at their work and give out assignments where necessary to secure these income sources.
Your first event.
This is now the fun part, you get to plan and organize your first event, whether its something as simple as a company trip to the park or the dreaded Christmas night out, you can start planning it out.
Recap and close, the secretary should now recap everything that has went on during the meeting as well as highlighting the various tasks that have been assigned , After your first meeting, you should give some time to allow people to get the jobs done that they have been assigned, around a fortnight is usually long enough before your second meeting.
You have now set up your social committee, congratulations.
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