The answer---- to What will it take? is found!!
It's been the
people who have worked hard behind the scenes
and in front of the scenes to put the Cream Legbar Club in motion.
Everyone who weighed in on this thread, everyone who has been working to find out answers about this breed, everyone who gave their ideas, and everyone who worked on the constitution and by-laws on the Yahoo group, everyone who worked on the Google group -- each person contributed to getting things where they are now. THANKS
It takes a constitution and by-laws to tell the IRS that you are a bona fide organization so that you can get a tax ID. The tax ID is needed to open a bank account. A bank account is needed to attach to payPal so dues can be accumulated. Dues will be used to fund the club activites. Early on, one of the goals is to get some banners, so that the club will be identified at tables for events where club members will talk about Cream Legbars.
Here is what we have thus far... we have people who are working as acting club officers and as acting regional directors, we have a temporary website where people can enroll in the club, we have a bank account that is growing with each membership to pay for club expenses.
Early in the first quarter of 2013 we plan to have our first on-line meeting, the club will distribute the club newsletter, and potentially, by the second quarter of 2013, we will have our
real website, and have voted approval of some of the things the club needs to approve...(like a version of the great Logo's developed in this thread by blackbirds13.) Together we are ready to launch a club--- and everyone who is interested can participate. Here is a link to our enrollment website.
https://sites.google.com/site/creamlegbarclublaunch/
Thanks for all the help -- and the patience... (I see that this thread was started Nov 4th - so under 2-months of work represented in this thread and the groups that split up the work)
Add your ideas and your thoughts to the comments page -- and/or the messages in the enrollment form. Think of ways we can accomplish what we set out to do for these birds and their owners. Looking forward to seeing you in the club!