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Starting a community group
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Starting a community group
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Why set up a community group?
Deciding your aims and objectives
Forming a committee and the different roles
Creating a constitution
What to include in your constitution?
Opening a bank account
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How to hold meetings
Meeting agendas
Preparing your agenda
Who decides what's on the agenda?
Items for your agenda
How long will each item take?
What order do items go in?
When do you prepare the agenda?
Some other things to think about
Agenda for Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Minute taking
Why is it important to have minutes?
What are the tasks involved in taking minutes?
What should you write down?
Sort out the basics
At every meeting
Keeping clear notes
More on what you write down
Producing the finished version
Chairing meetings
Do you need a chairperson?
Before the meeting
At the start of the meeting
How will your meeting be run?
Chairing the meeting
How did the meeting go?
After the meeting
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Organising your AGM
Agenda
Minutes
Election of committee
Conducting the AGM
How to hold meetings
This section will give you advice and guidance on how you organise and run your groups meetings.
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