Finally got around to setting a Blogger.com account up for the society. I started all of the preparations for the society last week, though things started slowing down at the weekend because of work.

I think that wednesday this week will be a key day, I'm meeting Sarah (the Manager of the SU accounts) to discuss finance and setting up the Society. I spoke with Jakil today, mostly about finance and my subjects (and charity finance), very interesting. But I still have to have the society officially set up and registered.

Then begins the long road of registering with UNICEF themselves and getting all of the forms right.

The first event (I think) will be next February, its going to take time to plan as it's quite a big event. I don't really want loads of smaller events, as it could be annoying for students. It's a shame we missed the Fresher's week, we could have subscribed new members easily.

There's always next week. Me and some friends discussed the possibility of paid membership, for example, £5 a year for Full and Part-time students, though, the extra cost of producing leaflets and a monthly news-letter is something to consider. I would like to aim for the society to make £4.50 - £3.50 profit (at the very least) from each member.

Associate membership is also worth consdering, perhaps having a schema whereby associate members get slightly less off of the price of an event, for example:

£1 for Members
£2 for Associate Members
£2.50 for Non-Members

For, perhaps, a music night.

It might also be possible that full membership is accessable through volunteering for the society, thus allowing the student to avoid membership fees for full membership. Associate membership carries no fee.

I would hope that associate members would differ from non-members as there might be slightly more loyalty, I.e., that they receive discounts for events but without actually paying (but are more likely to turn up than non-members)

This is a key issue, as it defines the society from being a charity outright, as the society would actually be giving something back to the public and we would have certain obligations (monthly news-letter or discounts).

More to come soon.