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Regarding my bookclub reply~
My point wasn't to try to push people who have previously hosted this past year to host again right now. (We did discuss at the past bookclub who could host later in the year.) It's not expected that new girls step right up either.
Everyone has stuff going on whether it be new babies, new job, moving, etc. It just seems slightly ridiculous that there are 30+ people on the evite list and only a couple are willing to put in the time & effort to clean their home so everyone else can hang out and enjoy themselves.
Get-togethers don't happen by magic people.
Get-togethers don't happen by magic people.
Re: Regarding my bookclub reply~
Erin I totally understand where you post is coming from... being that I'm pretty new to this whole thing maybe you can help me understand better in the past how much attendance is usually based on "old school members" like your self, and how many are "once in a whilers" or "newbies"
maybe those of us that want to do book club should set aside a for the rest of the year plan for who is going to host it each month, and the book to be read so that we don't get stuck in the situation of trying to figure it all out as we go.. that way the core group is established and from there if someone has to miss a month here or there it's fine, but for the most part we know who is going to come, and sure it would still be open to new people but with the understanding of the commitment invovled.
I too feel Meghan shouldn't have to host 2 months in a row, but at the same time, i can't commit to it at this time . . . if we make a plan and stick to it we can avoid this type of situation in the future?
Also.. if everyone is as busy as they are, are we sure we should try for March? I would hate for Meghan to go through all the effort and then have like 3 people turn up? Maybe we skip March, make it a planning month and come back with a bang in April?
I dont know if you guys have skipped months in the past or not, again this was the second time I have atteneded so I don't know the history and what works and doesn't just trying to figure out a good solution that works for everyone, and a way that no one gets left out but at the same time, no gets put out to have to do all the work!
I guess we should look at who the "regulars" are - perhaps about 10 girls [and that list has actually changed some in the past 2 years, too]. The regulars tend to host regularly. Then you have the non-regulars, the other 20-some girls, that don't make it a priority and thus don't feel that they need to host if they only attend once or twice a year. I can't blame them too much for that. And then you have a third group of girls on the evite that are on the evite, but have never attended.
LOL - I can see why the other "non-book club" group separated off. But I don't want this to happen here. I want anyone that feels led to come to feel welcome, whether it be once a year or twelve times a year.
As long as no one feels bullied into hosting, I like the flexibility of doing it every month and those who can make it - Great!
I just want to thank everyone who does step up and host book club! I've had it twice now (once with a great turnout and once there were 4 of us - haha!) I think it just gets hard because we are all so scattered. Ex: I'm in Canal, Julie is in Delaware . . .so it gets to be pretty easy to bail just because the drive can be a PITA sometimes
At any rate, thanks for hosting everyone and again, you're always welcome in Canal
I do like the idea of maybe having a schedule of who is hosting . . .maybe even if we just did it quarterly. That way atleast we know where the drive will be and can really try to schedule/plan around it. Definitely don't have to pick the book until your month rolls around, but can atleast know where to drive
Just my 2 cents!!
I also have to say - IMHO, if you have no plans of ever attending/even reading your evite, maybe take your name off the list, just so the hostess isn't freaking out because there are still 15 unanswered replies and fearful that all 15 may show at the last minute
Thanks again for book club ladies!
Even with this book club there were many months I was MIA because of the delivery/caring for the boys.
My intent was never that people felt like they couldn't come, even sporadically. I just needed an excuse to keep reading.
I totally see Erin's point too and hopefully maybe now that we know there's a need, more people will want to host in the future.
FWIW, apparently there was no March book club last year, and I always prefer hosting in the warm weather since we have a sweet deck and tiny house, but I don't mind cramming everyone in. I'm always happy for a great turnout.