If you're a member of a club how do you communicate?

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Member run club with about 250 members.

When I was first a member we used to get a monthly newsletter in the post!

Then it moved to email, then a FB group was set up and the newsletter fizzled out because all the info that would have been in it had already been posted on FB.

Increasingly it seems younger/newer members don't use FB, and many people who do use it are trying to reduce their screen use and don't visit that often.

So what is the alternative? It's things like publicising events, asking for volunteers, asking for ideas/opinions.

Everything run by volunteers so ideally not too labour intensive.

WhatsApp.

Is there a way to use WhasApp I'm not aware of? Don't things get lost in a group chat of 250?

Whats app events group onky admins send notifications
Whats app chat group

Monthly newsletter by email, FB notices and multiple WhatsApp groups which are a pain in the arse for exactly the reasons you state.

Spond App

Mail chimp is a good way to send out a mailing

You can set up a WhatsApp group so that only admins can send messages. Group members can react with emoji or reply privately so the group doesn't get clogged up with millions of responses.

Yes, this. Two separate groups. One where only admins can post, which is for announcements etc. The other a general chat for more informal stuff.

I’m in a group of about 300, we have 3 WhatsApp groups, one that only the admins can post to (so event announcements, official group news), one to coordinate volunteers for events (so only look at it if you’re volunteering), one for general club related chat. The admins are quite strict about deleting anything that’s controversial or not club related from that one!

We have a website for the group. I run it! Info goes out by email but is also posted in the members area of the website so people can refer back to it if they have lost the email.

Bandapp, and Spond. And e-mails are sent out.

We have WhatsApp groups too, but those are more for chatting.

Heja app

WhatsApp and Spond are used by all my hobby groups.

Spond or Slack.

DH runs a group. He has an email list for those who don't do Facebook. All newsletters and event announcements go on the Facebook page and are then emailed to those who prefer that method.

We only have 2 members who don't do either. They know the dates of the events (regular week each month) but not the venue - which changes each time. They ring us up and ask for the info a few days before the event.

Website
Email
Facebook
You need to have multiple "channels". I'd argue email still very important

Whatsapp and email are the ways most people will have access to. My daughters are in a club and they have an announcements type group where they just send updates etc to everyone and you can't respond.

Discord

I'm in two clubs that have WhatsApp groups as the main form of communication.

One is quite big (maybe 100 or so members, although not all active) and the main group does get a bit swamped. But there are sub-groups, eg if people are arranging an event, which will typically involve 10-20 people, all relevant chat, photos etc should go in there.

The other club only has about 20 active members and the WhatApp group is fine. We're mostly 'ladies of a certain age' and we think we're getting a bit carried away if one of us posts more than about 3 messages a week.

The idea of groups where only admins can post is interesting, but what was good about FB at its height, was members took the initiative in organising things. E.g I'm going to this event who wants to come?

Facebook isn't reliable - things don't appear in feeds etc

I'd say a website / email and a broadcast WhatsApp group / members can ask for things to be posted / shared on WhatsApp and by email / update website

One of my groups still uses Facebook a lot to be honest, because the group and event structures are good. They do set it so it also posts to Instagram where possible, presumably to catch the younger ones!

Spond. It works well as you can do events, polls, attach documents and have sub groups so for instance only junior girls see a post. And having guardians for U18s lets them see what is going on, but they or their junior can reply to events

Fb group here

I'm not a member of as big a club but agree it's generally WhatsApp.

Which I find quite intrusive and annoying tbh!

For some reason the older group members clog the chat most days with screenshot posts or chain type things they've seen on FB. Can be anything from Scam alerts to "repost if you love your grandchild" to "Share if you agree; When I was a child there were no screens and we made do with peg dollies and a can kicked round the street, dinner came from mum's own hands and not a packet etc etc but we had manners and a happier life unlike children of today" type rubbish which is followed by dozens of "quite right!" "well said, Valerie", "they were good times" etc...and then the actual details of the Christmas Party or AGM get lost. It's just different communication styles, I guess and I realise it can be really bonding for them. The older members LOVE the Whatsapp group whilst the younger members hate it. A couple of times the chairman has had to remove people (kept sharing Brexit/Britain First twaddle, and one woman who was a newcomer accidentally forwarded us all porn. Twice.)

There's also general email communication but this is few and far between. No website.

I'm 40...I don't use FB or much social media at all these days. Was on TikTok but that got too addictive!

I'd say I'd like an "info only" WhatsApp group where there are rules that only club info can be shared and responded to and an admin can delete anything superfluous and then a separate (optional) "social chat" WhatsApp group for members who like bonding that way to keep in touch in between meetings.