seattleschoolofaikido : Message: RE: [seattleschoolofaikido] RE: All-Dojo Meeting ideas

good idea, Yvonne. Yes, please bring them, as I don't know that anyone on
the board plans to do so. Thanks for thinking of it.

Jain

Original Message:
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From: Yvonne DeReynier bathybius@...
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:21:51 -0700
To: seattleschoolofaikido@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [seattleschoolofaikido] RE: All-Dojo Meeting ideas

Hey Gang -- If there's any interest, I'd be happy to bring a large flip pad
and some

magic markers so that we can write ideas down as we go along. If this has
already

been taken care of, or if it's not of interest, let me know and I won't
bother. It's looking

like I won't be able to attend the training, but I'll still be there for
the meeting.

Cheers, Yvonne.

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:22:54 -0400, jainr@... wrote
> Mona, thanks for sharing your ideas. It is really valuable to the dojo
> community to have input from newer members like you and Kyle.
>
> I'm looking forward to discussing your ideas and those of other members at
> the meeting on Friday! It's a good thing we will have food, there may be
a
> LOT of discussion...
>
> Jain
>
> Original Message:
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> From: mbamonashi mbamonashi@...
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:21:05 -0000
> To: seattleschoolofaikido@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [seattleschoolofaikido] RE: All-Dojo Meeting ideas
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> This is from Mona. I first took the beginner class in early spring. My 
> husband Kyle joined the training in June. We are very new to aikido 
> and our dojo but want to share a few thoughts. 
> 
> 1. For people who have never done aikio before, the beginner class is 
> the key. I would not have tried to learn aikido, if we did't have a 
> beginner class. In my opinion, beginner class is not only a good 
> source of revenue / membership but also a wonderful way to grow the 
> influence of our school. If we only care about money, maybe we can 
> just increase fees... Then one day we become a school for "the elite 
> rich group". Ok I'm just joking but you get my point. 
> 
> 2. But I'm also against the free beginner class idea. For one thing if 
> we really make them free, we might attract more people beyond our 
> capacity. Also the fee does screen out the people who are not quite 
> interested. Personally having paid 60 dollars was one of the reasons 
> why I stayed with training :). I'm glad I didn't give up of course. 
> 
> 3. A few thoughts on how to attract more beginners. 
> * We are very close to UW. I know UW has aikido course but we might 
> be able to still draw some people from the students,faculty, their 
> families and maybe UW hospital related population. A student discount 
> comes to mind. 
> 
> * If the enrollment is very seasonal, how about a temporary discount 
> during the "slow season"? 
> 
> * Revise our beginner class flyers. In addition to time and fee, we 
> can add a few words on the benefit of studying aikido and why our 
> school is a good place to start. 
> 
> * Make a list of the "regular spots" / (a coverage map/ sorry I work 
> for a wireless provider :-) where we intent to post flyers. Then 
> members can sign up on who will help with posting at where. So the 
> marketing efforts are more organized and targeted. 
> 
> * Can also try to spread the words by asking other websites to add a 
> link to our school website. We have a few geeks here who probably are 
> more into online things than me :-). 
> 
> I know it takes time and energy to implement any action items. But I 
> think having the discussion on money issue is a great start. People 
> like kyle and I had never thought about the financial challenges at 
> dojo at all, let alone how we could volunteer. 
> 
> Thanks for listening. Look forward to the meeting! 
> 
> Mona 
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