|
Newport Harbor Open House The OC Register's Wayne Mah spends the day at Newport Harbor documenting the fun. see article and photos |
![]() |
Laguna Beach LBC Makes the Paper Jan Hargraves and Charlie Herbert promote the SW Open House see article |
CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WHAT AN OPEN HOUSE!!!!!
HOW ABOUT 330 NEW MEMBERS AND COUNTING?
EVERY CLUB HAD THE MOST AMAZING TURNOUT. IN ALL, OVER 2000 PEOPLE VISITED OUR CLUBS.
ONCE AGAIN, MANY MANY THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
NOW WE NEED TO NURTURE AND RETAIN. SOME CLUBS HAVE ALREADY ARRANGED “NEW MEMBER” ORIENTATION AND WELCOME PARTIES.
HOPE YOUR CLUB IS!
MERT
Here are some highlights:
MacKenzie Park 47 new members
Newport Harbor 37 new members
Laguna Beach 23 new members
Hermosa Beach 19 new members
Guidelines for Conducting an Open House Guidelines
Click the link below to download Newport Harbor Lawn Bowling Club's 14 page Guidelines for Conducting an Open House.
Newport Harbor has grown it's membership from 92 members at the begining of 2006 to 200 members in December 2007.
Click Here
MAY 10th OPEN HOUSE.
Are
you participating????? GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER is!!!!!!!
I
have just been informed that GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER has approved and is
issuing a PROCLAMATION that MAY 10th is LAWN BOWLS DAY in
Are
you going to be left out of this exciting event, an event that is only for you
and your clubs benefit? Please, if you
are not involved, do so now. It’s not
too late. Give back a little of what you
have received from the game you love.
Tournament players, social bowlers everybody, get involved. JUST DO IT!
At
the beginning of February I gave you a “to do” list of seven different
tasks. Many clubs have taken us up on
our offer to add your Club logo, City logo to your individual clubs
advertising. Alas, some clubs have not
yet woken up. What do we need to do to
help you help yourself? If your Club is
not yet involved, I invite the members to shake the tree and insist on your clubs
participation.
The
following are items that should be in the works by now. If you haven’t started, start now. It can still be pulled together.
Some
of this may be repetitive, some is new, but it is necessary to make sure you
have covered every item.
1) Committees
Start
“dishing” out the tasks so that only a small number of people are left doing
all the work.
A) Somebody must be in
charge of setting up the Greens.
B) Somebody must take
care of the catering.
C) Somebody must take
care of decorations/balloons etc.
D) The TV or Computer
with the DVD must be set up.
E) Make sure your club
house is clean, may even need a paint job.
F) Make sure back
boards are painted and weeds cleaned from ditches.
G) Is your club
information up to date. Appoint someone to get your own house in
order. It will help you and your visitors.
H) Somebody with a
pleasant smile must be in charge of registration. We can give you samples
of what you need, but as a minimum, an obvious list of attendees and stick on
name tags. Make sure your name tags are in tip top condition.
I)
Start
putting flyers in local stores.
J)
Contact
local Newspapers. With the City
involved, you should get free advertising.
With the GOVERNOR involved you will get free editorial. (I will send you
the editorial in the next week or so.)
K) Form committees for
the OPEN HOUSE DAY.
Assign members to help on the day with
specific tasks.
1) Greeters 2) Registration 3) Instruction 4) Kid’s
activities 5) Membership
6) Ambassadors 7)
Food and drinks 8) Photography 9)
Payment options
10) Set up DVD system 11) Chairs and
Tables 12) Directional signs for Parking
13) Photo Displays
2) City Sponsorship:
The
include a write up in their monthly
newsletter, calendar of events, as well as on the web site. Ask for all
of this. It must happen in April. Ask for their assistance with placing
advertising in your local newspaper. They will probably have influence that you
don’t. We have given you one example of an advert in your booklet, but have
others, so if you want a different look each time, let me know and I will get
it to you.
3) Media Support and
Advertising:
Your booklet that you received at the AGM
(and now on our web site) covers this in detail. Now is the time to take your
City sponsorship to your local newspaper and get them ready for the adverts
that you want them to run for you and the “City.” We are now going to make available our advert
that we had previously given to you, but now with the GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER
INCLUDED. (Len and Myrna are working on
this). Arrange to have 5 x 8 spaces run as often as possible starting at least
three weeks out. This is not difficult to do. You are a Non-Profit
organization and you are jointly sponsoring this with the City. All they
want is copy ready for printing, which if you need we will provide for you.
However to help you we need your City Logo and Name.
4) Flyers:
An appropriate flyer should be made and
distribution to local stores should start NOW. Place them on notice
boards; ask Homeowners associations to include it in their April or early May
mail. Ask the Utility Companies to include it in their mail.
Distribute to local apartments complexes and schools. The more you
distribute the bigger the event you will have. Let your members
distribute them on your morning walk.
5) Banners:
With or without City Sponsorship, you need
to start making the banners that you will start displaying several weeks before
the event. We have provided a layout for you in the booklet. All
you have to do is to show it to your local Banner/sign maker. You may ask
the City if they can make these for you. They may have such a
capability. If you need a more detailed layout, let me know.
6) Troops:
It is time to put your TROOPS
together. Word of mouth is still the best. Let each person invite
all their friends to the Open House. Send them an e-mail invitation. It
costs nothing. Send them monthly reminders. Ask them to invite their
friends and so on.
7) Credit Cards:
Now is the time to investigate your credit
card requirements. You do not have to register now, but don’t leave it to
the end. Know how to do it. The whole process is explained in your booklet.
Please
feel free to contact us if you need help.
Be part of this,
join in today!!!!!
Good
Bowling.
Mert.