January 2021 Issue

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February 7, 2021 is World Wide Wrap and Yes! it is possible to celebrate while in lockdown.

In this issue of The Advantage we feature

  1. World Wide Wrap by Meir Niad
  2. Building Leaders in the time of Covid by Al Davis
  3. A new twist on virtual happy hour by Jay Salinger
  4. Trivia Night - a fun and easy club event by David Singer
  5. Torch Award Ranking by Hal Freed
  6. Wine on the Vine by Aaron Altman

Imagine for a second that you paid for and subscribed to the New York Times, but the paper never arrived. How would you feel? You might feel like the organization wasn’t providing any value to you. Well, our club members have paid for benefits from FJMC, and if we don’t have their contact information, we can’t provide them with the services that they paid for.

This extends to those paid-up club members whose synagogues hold the membership roster and, for valid reasons, will not share this information with other organizations. This is like signing up for the New York Times, but someone else deciding not to give the Times your address. Don’t you think your members deserve to be asked whether they would like to receive the benefits they have already paid for? Independent of the synagogue’s membership database, club leaders can ask their members whether their contact information can be supplied to FJMC.

Those who are not on our list missed out on over 150 webinars/affinity group events last year. One can imagine people being upset that they paid for these events but they were not given the opportunity to attend them.

As this graphic shows, we are making progress updating our membership lists. Now that the dues collection period is coming to a close, it is time to enter your members into our database.  Instruction are on fjmc.org under the Clubs tab.
 
What FJMC Does for You!

FJMC provides club and regional leaders with many opportunities to share ideas, synergize and inspire each other.

As a result of a marketing task force last fall, we gathered a list of our FJMC “Whys” in two categories:

  1. Whys that can inspire individuals who are not active in our clubs or in club/regional leadership, ie: the guy who just attends webinars/affinity groups
  2. Whys that apply at our club and regional leaders.

In the Affinity/Webinar emails and introductions and in HaShofar, we are rotating through a list of the Whys for individuals with a new one approximately every two weeks.  In this publication, The Advantage, we will highlight the Whys for leaders; one Why each month.

Thank you to Benny Sommerfeld, Arnie Miller, Bob Braitman and Alan Budman for helping to develop the lists of Whys.
 
WWW 2021 Goes Virtual by Meir Niad

Not even COVID can stop Tradition! We have a virtual program in the works for you...
Wrap virtually with us
 
Building Leaders in the Time of COVID by Al Davis

Al Davis provide us with some fabulous ideas about building leaders while in lockdown.
Leaders
 
A New Twist on Virtual Happy Hour by Jay Salinger

Virtual happy hours are great but subject to two issues: Dead air and contentious topics. A little planning avoids both.
Happy Hour Plan
 
Virtual Club Trivia Nights make a Great Evening Event that Includes the Entire Family by David Singer

Looking for an easy Thursday night Men’s Club event or a Saturday night family activity, try a trivia night. Play family vs family or create your own teams! One trivia company will donate 10% of the proceeds back to FJMC.
Virtual Trivia Night
 
Torch Award for Club Presidents by Hal Freed

Torch Award submittal time is fast approaching! Early submittal, which garners extra points, is March 1. All applications must be received by March 23. If your club has not submitted an application, please get going. Are you listed on the graph as being on the Leader Board? The graph tells how our regions are doing and highlights those that are leading the way. The final leaders will win the new Region Torch Awards.

Please submit an application and get your region on the Leader Board. Torch Awards help FJMC by honoring excellent and innovative ideas for club programming. Do your part. Identify a favorite club program and submit it for a Torch Award for your club and your Region.
Torch Awards
 
Plan(t)ing for Future Generations by Aaron Altman

The question I am asked most, as a member of the Wine of the Vine committee, is the why should I participate in WOTV. Why should I promote planting $18/vines. What’s in it for me? What is the benefit? Why should my region or club participate? Read on to find the answers to these questions and for resources to market this program.
The $18 Legacy
 

Without the FJMC, valuable Jewish programming might never occur.  FJMC needs your financial support in order to continue to create the important programs which keep your Men’s Club vibrant.  You can help preserve the significant impact the FJMC and its members have made, on behalf of the Conservative Movement and World Jewry, by making a pledge. Our movement depends on you!

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