Homeschool Group help

[northernmomma]

Hi I run our only local homeschool group. The other group folded into ours this past fall. The issue is this. Our group is young. This is only our second year. For the first year I planned everything, organized everything, and now as I release the reins I am finding less involvement from members then I had hoped. I am not sure why. I understand we all have busy schedules but I also know we need to have days where we get together and share with one another. I have seen the benefits of these days within the group.
So my question is thus...how do I go about getting the parents involved in event planning. With over 60 families the commitment could be as little as one event/activity per year, per family. Thoughts?

I should also add the reason the other group stopped working was overly rigid rules.

 

[farouk]

Hi I run our only local homeschool group. The other group folded into ours this past fall. The issue is this. Our group is young. This is only our second year. For the first year I planned everything, organized everything, and now as I release the reins I am finding less involvement from members then I had hoped. I am not sure why. I understand we all have busy schedules but I also know we need to have days where we get together and share with one another. I have seen the benefits of these days within the group.
So my question is thus...how do I go about getting the parents involved in event planning. With over 60 families the commitment could be as little as one event/activity per year, per family. Thoughts?

I should also add the reason the other group stopped working was overly rigid rules.

Rigid rules? so how do you mean?

(We're in Canada, too!!)

 

[JosieB]

Some people just aren't leaders or planners. I notice in my local homeschool groups the same 3-4 people are the ones always posting about events and planning them. I think it's just natural. I've read that 20% of the church does 90% of the work/teaching/planning-I think that's typical for all types of organizations, from my personal experience...

My approach would be to recruit a handful of dependable people to do all the planning. Of course they could take suggestions from the non-planners as to what to plan, but when you depend on the masses, you're going to be disappointed a lot.

 

[farouk]

Some people just aren't leaders or planners. I notice in my local homeschool groups the same 3-4 people are the ones always posting about events and planning them. I think it's just natural. I've read that 20% of the church does 90% of the work/teaching/planning-I think that's typical for all types of organizations, from my personal experience...

My approach would be to recruit a handful of dependable people to do all the planning. Of course they could take suggestions from the non-planners as to what to plan, but when you depend on the masses, you're going to be disappointed a lot.

...like a ship comparison: passengers and crew, right?