You could make big, bright, eye catching posters and place them all around the school advertising a sign up meeting.
Starting a chess club.
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well mate u could inquire in tournaments and see who might be interested or u can advertise in your local paper, or put a poster in your local rsl or club ,u could put a poster in shop windows, or maybe put an add in your chess mag over there and do what your doing now asking about on chess sites maybe even make a site your self on your chessclub and see what happens just some ideas i hope they help good luck in setting up your club mate
Investigate what it takes to organze a student organization: follow the rules as set by Student Activities ; go for 'Major student organization' status.
Create a simple attractive poster/flyer "Forming a chess club', with contact information.
Post email notices to student elists ; put notices in the student paper, radio, blogs, etc.
Plan a meeting day, time, place.
Make contacts -- spend time with each one to encourge them to join.
Start meeting in that designated location. Keep it regular, Nurutre players.
Creat By-laws, elect officers; have the Executibve Board meet and plan regularly.
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watchthehit wrote:
Ne ideas about how to advertise for it or spread the word so that chess fans will want to join?
INCOMPLETE CHESS CLUB HERE! SIGN UP AND ENJOY WHAT WE DON"T HAVE!!!
How's that?
LuckySuper8 wrote:
I am a winner of the international chess championship, I want to join to the CSUF club if it exists. I can give a lecture of chess and a history of one!
I am not sure if that would fly. No one would believe him if he put up posters that said that.
Pretty great suggestions, but I'd do it differently. Hang out in the Student Union or whereever students gather with a chess board and book. working out tactics, or an annotated game or whatever. You just know someone is going to come over and offfer to play a game. Somewhere in the ensuing conversation the absence of a chess club "might" come up. Soon you have a committee and now put into effect all the other suggestions.
trysts wrote:
watchthehit wrote:
Ne ideas about how to advertise for it or spread the word so that chess fans will want to join?
INCOMPLETE CHESS CLUB HERE! SIGN UP AND ENJOY WHAT WE DON"T HAVE!!!
How's that?
thats pretty smart considering there are many players on college who like to enjoy what they dont have.
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I realize this forum post is 8 years old but I did a google search. Did you ever start one up there, watchthehit? How did starting the chess club go? Etc.? Just curious, thanks!
Jul 31, 2015
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Advertise a blitz tournament with a small prize to the student store
For our chess club at Worcester State University, I made an attractive flyer ("Do you play chess" Do ypu want to join the chess club?") with attract
graphics (chess boards and pieces attract!!. Contact info. too. I got it on bulletin boards, student e-lists, etc (with permissions). We have an ongoing thriving club now. Takes persistence and good management.
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linlaoda wrote:
Advertise a blitz tournament with a small prize to the student store
Good idea and we did this at our chess club. We tried out campus store giftcards ($50 and more) for the "speed chess" tournaments we held. I wanted to call it speed chess so people would be more familiar, rather than the term blitz chess. But I think either tournament name would yield results when there's money involved!
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Nimzov9 wrote:
For our chess club at Worcester State University, I made an attractive flyer ("Do you play chess" Do ypu want to join the chess club?") with attract
graphics (chess boards and pieces attract!!. Contact info. too. I got it on bulletin boards, student e-lists, etc (with permissions). We have an ongoing thriving club now. Takes persistence and good management.
Nice, yeah definitely advertise effectively so that you have active chess players that become regulars at chess meetings. That's how a good community can be built.
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I am currently a student at cal state fullerton and i wanted to join the chess club but to my shock the college does not have one. So ive decided to set it up myself. I need 5 people from the school to create it. Ne ideas about how to advertise for it or spread the word so that chess fans will want to join?