If you want to run an already existing organization, you might want to do your homework about or know the history of the group you wish to helm. Nothing is worse than observing a leader show their ignorance. I can live with their inexperience showing, but ignorance is unforgivable...
Before you take on the big job of leading, find out if the larger group has smaller supporting groups. In some clubs they are referred to as "Special Interest Groups". You should know what each of them are, maybe find out what ones used to exist and why they no longer do, and who supports them. THEY ARE A BIG PART OF YOUR CLUB'S HISTORY, PRESENT AND FUTURE, people!
If the organization has a bad history around town, why wouldn't you find out what the fuck it is and why? You could be trying to book a venue the club had previously used. Maybe they left it because NO ONE wanted to drive into that part of town. Perhaps it was a parking issue. OR maybe just maybe it is no longer used because the club is not welcome there anymore.
Do you know who has spoken the ugliest of the group? Who has been it's biggest supporters? And who can really help you behind the scenes???
Seriously, before you run for anything....DO YOUR DAMN HISTORY WORK.
There are plenty of people to ask, so you could get all kinds of stories from all sorts of angles. One will lead you to another. That's how vetting works, and this is sort of you vetting the organization BEFORE you pin your name on it.
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