GOOD MORNING
I am reaching out to you today to update you on somethings happening with the club and it's directors.
Quick re cap for those just joining us;
It
has been almost a year since I (Shauna), Tammy and 8 others started the
club. My dream was to create an environment that would SUPPORT your
online businesses in many ways. Included in this support is promotional
tools, avenues and support as well as purchases from your business. Over
the course of this year we have lost every 'founding member' we had and
it has boiled down to Tammy and myself with the help of a few loyal
members keeping our club going. Rest assured, growing it is!! We have
had many hurdles and changes but will NEVER give up, always press
forward and 'find a way'.
This brings me to our newest struggle, and a very personal one for me.
Our
director and loved member Tammy Tomas is dealing with some pretty
strong and scary life issues and needs to take a break from club duties
for a time.
This has a bit of a
domino effect for many of us emotionally. We care for and are thinking
of Tammy in her time of need but we are also wondering what will happen
to the club with one of our MAJOR support 'beams' missing??
To
be honest, I wondered myself. Sat down and cried for about 2 hours for
the stress my friend feels as well as for myself. It felt as though it
is to much for me, one person to keep up with. I have a large family and
full time business as well as building this 200 + member club and our
MANY, MANY areas (for FREE)?! Facebook is continually making our jobs
harder and my head was spinning with a ton of 'can't do's' and the
possibility of shutting the club down altogether. I was quite simply
over whelmed, over loaded and DEPRESSED. It is already mostly my
personal funds that keep the 'bills' paid associated with the club, it
requires a full time 'promoter' like Tammy was to even keep us moving
forward. How could I now keep this up all ALONE???.. (add another bout
of shower time tears here!)
BUT WAIT! WHAT'S OUR MOTTO? "You are NOT alone" right?
We
have some very determined and hard working members here already! I
don't have to do this alone, WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER! So many of you have
already reached out and offered! My heart is filled and lifted! *happy
tears
Now
that leaves me in the position of figuring out what areas I need the
most help with, who is loyal enough to stick with it, and how will I
train them?
All questions we can find answers to, not the end of the club at all!! (Lots of smiles and slightly crazy laughs here)
So a deep breath and cleared Monday schedule later, I am here attempting to put things in order and get 'on track'
One of our most valuable areas for bringing in much needed funds are our events.
We
have one new director who will be helping to host the 4 current online
events we have going and I would love to have at least one person
working with her. (the very talented Monique Lloyd)
Some of the things I will need the hosts to do:
Contact vendors periodically to be sure everyone is participating
Removing
those who want to be removed and making the appropriate changes in the
appropriate lists, Adding new categories and sharing old (shops),
updating approved vendor lists and other simple duties as needed.
Please
keep in mind this is all voluntary, we will send 'thank you' gifts as
we can. (update for our volunteer payment fund coming soon!)
Another
big thing I could use is you all reminding people the best way to
contact me is via email. wfhc@outlook.com or wfhc2016@outlook.com will
reach me fastest. I will be bouncing between Tammys profile and my own
but know in all honesty I will NEVER be able to keep up with comments
and questions presented there. If you see someone has asked or commented
with something important and you don't know the answer, please direct
them to one of the above email addresses ;).
I also would like to increase the amount of 'club talk' happening in the '
information group'.
Mo has been doing a GREAT job adding and welcoming new members, but I
would love to see those of you who have connected and now work together,
sharing these things there too. Sam and Jen have started a elf project
at one time, I think we have the Christmas card exchange going and many
of you now talk and work on projects daily together. I would love to get
this feeling of unity and love 'known' in the main group. Let the new
people coming in know what we are really all about! Explain the club,
how it works and how we do require patience during this 'baby' phase. We
are only just coming into our second year of EXISTENCE and we have made
leaps and bounds, but we still have a long way to go before we are a
'perfect process'.
There
is much more to discuss and go over but I must move on with a very busy
Monday and get some other 'balls rolling' and 'wheels turning' to be
sure I have a sound foundation under our bottoms. Then - UP, UP , UP we
goooooooooo
I love you all, I am thankful for and to you all!
*heart hug*
Shauna
P.S
I
would also love someone who would like to put together our club updates
WEEKLY. I would send you information and you would compile the email in
our software.
Blog
stories to share on our blog, you got some? ;) Stay at home mom
content, business building tips and items... send 'em to me to be
shared!
