With attempts being made to revive activites at the Club, here's my own
wish-list for activities there. Put out in no particular order. Please add
to the list -- then we would have a framework to work on:
* Involve various segments in the club.
* Cope with changes in the village, avoid
restrictions on memberships -- what every individual
can contribute to the 'community spirit' should be only
criteria.
* Extend current membership; with 200 members (half of
whom might be abroad), one can't expect much activity.
* Involve various stake-holders, particularly those
interested in various interest groups. Giselle is a
good example of what parents can do for reading. Last
October, the parents of young kids also had a moderately
interesting summer camp. They would do it because they
have a direct stake. Can we reach out to teenagers,
women, etc?
* Start a once-a-month computer club. Ashley and Derek
are already game. So am I. We had already sought and
got permission for this; the delays in implementation
were unfortunately at our end.
* Extend memberships. The old pattern of having just
one member in the family as member (and the others as
dependent) is an anachronism when women work too, and
the Rs 1000 life membership is hardly unaffordable.
* More knowledge-based activities (quizzes, debates...
these have been held in the past).
* Encourage art and talent, and also hobbies of various
sorts (why not a 'stamp collecting' club?)
* Have a vibrant notice board giving information about
village-life, activities that youth can benefit from etc
* The magazine-section is a long-pending dream.
* Sports... Shanon of Saligaonet came out with the idea of
a 'village festival of traditional sports' (which are
fast disappearing). Fr N had already described these
earlier. Can't we have something unusual and interesting?
* Something for the elderly -- beyond just the weekend
tombola which is not reaching out beyond the set crowd.
* Active campaign for more members.
* Indoor sports, and possibly outdoors too. We had an
active sporting generation in the past -- Gerard
Delaney, Kenneth "Ken" D'Souza, Dunstan, Quintin
Coelho, Maxy "The Fox" Coutinho, and many others.
Now most of those named (except GD) are abroad or
busy with working life. The challenge is to build up
a new team to take the place.
* A collaborative model, where all stakeholders put
their money where their mouth is -- instead of just
expecting a small core team from doing everything.
Some brainstorming for a start.
FN
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Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa India
http://fn.swiki.net * Phone 0091.832.2409490 Mobile 09822 122436
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