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Older articles from the archive. Practical advice on membership, governance, volunteers, and funding for clubs and associations.
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The Chapter Banking Problem: Why Volunteer Turnover Creates Financial Risk
When the treasurer leaves, so does access to the bank account. The signatory change process takes weeks. In the gap, the chapter can't pay bills, collect dues, or operate.
Why Chapter Leaders Say Reporting Is Their Biggest Administrative Burden
Chapter volunteers spend 8-15 hours per quarter on reporting to the national body. Most of it is redundant data entry. Here's why, and how to fix it.
Email Snippets, so you stop retyping the same club emails
Snippets let you save a name, subject and body once and insert it into any email, reply or forward in Communicate. Merge tags work, so the weekly volunteer call-out can still say "Hi Sam".
The Hidden Cost of Chapter Autonomy: When Decentralisation Goes Too Far
Chapter autonomy is a strength - until it creates data silos, inconsistent governance, brand fragmentation, and the inability to intervene before chapters fail.
A refreshed contact profile, with shortcuts and better notes
Contact profiles have been rebuilt so the details you need sit close together and notes get their own column. There are keyboard shortcuts for the first time, and the Contacts table, Groups and Possible Duplicates have been refreshed too.
Centralised vs Federated vs Hybrid: Which Chapter Model Is Right for Your Organisation?
Three governance models for chapter networks. Each has trade-offs in control, autonomy, data quality, and scalability. Here's how to choose.