National Council of Americans, Inc.

 Start a Club             Why Not Your School, Church, Home, etc?  

START A CLUB ABOUT THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS/FOUNDERS! (IT IS THE DUTY OF EACH OF US TO UPHOLD OUR FREEDOMS 

      
IT'S EASY! We have everything you need on our site! All you need to do is teach and recruit.

Club Founder Online Application 

(YOU MUST BE 18 OR OVER. IF NOT, GET A PARENT OR TEACHER, OR ADULT)

Start a club by a: student, teacher, parent, someone at church, anyone that cares about saving our freedoms!

WHY START A CLUB?

1. The schools are not teaching correctly or enough.

2. Most people don't know much.

3. We need to learn so we can protect our freedoms.

4. We need to unify our country under the foundation of our country.

5. Lets teach patriotism and America first!

Please read on to learn more about how to start a Constitution / Founders' Club! 

•  Are you interested in learning how to be a leader like our Founding Fathers and help save our country?
•  Do you agree that all Americans need to unify under the Founding documents and the wisdom of our Founders?
•  Would you like to promote information about the Founding documents/Founders at your school or in your community, and use this information to outreach to others?

If so, then you might want to consider starting a Constitution / Founders club at your elementary, middle school, high school, college, university, church or other!  

Not an expert in the Founding documents or the Founders? Not a problem! To start a club, you don't need to be an expert. All you need is the desire to learn, share, and ACT.  The National Council of Americans (NCOAM) is here to help you along the way.

"Does one have to be an expert in the Founding documents / Founders to start a Club?"

The answer? "NO! Definitely not!"

The important qualifications for starting a Constitution / Founders' Club include:

1) Having a genuine desire to start a club to promote awareness of the Founding documents/Founders and why we have our current freedoms!
2) Having an interest in the Founding documents/Founders and a willingness to learn more to save our liberties.
3) Having a desire and commitment to using these issues to educate and outreach to your fellow students, campus, or community.
4) Club leaders must advocate the NCOAM mission and Core Principles.

 It is definitely not necessary to "be an expert" to start and run a successful a club. It is helpful to be familiar with the basics of our Founding documents and Founders, but if you're not, that's where the National Council of Americans will have resources to help you learn so you can in turn educate others. Where you feel like you might need help--whether its Founding documents, Founders, leadership skills, or practical tips for running the club--that's where the National Council of Americans provides resources online. We try to help give any club founder all the tools online they might need to start and run a successful club and help promote a better understanding of the wisdom of our Founders and the Founding documents at their schools. If you are interested, but hesitant because you think you lack what is needed--give us an e-mail! We want to help you!

There are 6 easy steps involved with starting a club as a founder, from what happens right now to when you have your club's first meeting:

Step 1: Take a look at our mission statement and core principles.
The first step in starting a club is to take a look at our mission statement, core principles and see if you agree. Please read them below.

The mission of the National Council of Americans is:
Our mission is to preserve American values and way of life through education by using the Constitution of the United States, Bill of Rights/Amendments, Declaration of Independence, and words of our Founding Fathers as a guide to protect American freedoms.  

The core principles of the National Council of Americans is:
•  Adhere to the United States Constitution
•  Adhere to the Bill of Rights/Amendments of the United States Constitution
•  Adhere to The Declaration of Independence
•  Understand and live-by the words of the Founding Fathers
•  Live the Judeo Christian religion like our Founders
•  United States and citizens first philosophy
•  Live the laws of our country
•  One main language=English
•  Pride, Nationalism and Patriotism about the United States and being an American!
•  Capitalism
•  Conservative
•  Churches and other non-profits to help people and the world's issues
•  Peace through military strength as Founders wanted to secure their liberty
•  Assimilation=American not hyphenated (Unify our country)
•  Allegiance is to the United States of America NOT ANY other country
•  We only fly the flag of the United States of America and our state flags only and no other country (our Founders said, "no alliances with any other country.")
•  No alliances with any other countries or the United Nations. Our Founding Fathers said not to have alliances.

If you agree with our mission statement, core principles and would be willing to uphold them as you run a club, then proceed on to step 2! 

Step 2: Apply online using the link: Club Founder Online Application

Club Founder Online Application
Feel free to e-mail Michael Kobulnicky, MBA (NCOAM President) at ncoam@hotmail.com) who heads the club program, if you have any questions  about our clubs. We're here to help you and answer any of your questions.

Step 3: Copy any of our resources on the "Start a Club" page to get started:  
Don't get too caught-up with perfection getting started. The goal is to take action now! You can improve on things as you go.

 

"Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisors they succeed." (Proverbs 15:22) Be sure to find a few friends to help you with your club to give practical help, advice, feedback, and the occasional encouraging word!

Step 4: Talk to your school, church, etc. about how to start a club.
You should inquire at your school, church, etc. about how to start a student organization. Almost all high schools, colleges and universities--whether public, private, religious, or secular--allow students to form their own student-run clubs. Legally speaking, under the Equal Access Act, if a school receives any funding from the federal government, then if it allows any student organizations, a school cannot prevent students from forming any type of organization and granting them "equal access" to campus facilities as all other campus student groups (provided that the student organization does not suppress the rights of others).

Typically, schools require that student organizations have a constitution, a core-group of officers, that they abide by campus community rules, and sometimes require a faculty advisor. We prefer that you have a faculty advisor if possible, especially if you are under 18 years old. Contact your school's administration today and find out what is necessary to start a student club! Please note that our clubs are usually best categorized as educational, or academic, as the purpose of the club is to foster education and intellectual discussion.

Step 5: Find some friends/parents to help.
The next step is finding a few friends/parents to help you with the club. While it is possible to run a club by yourself, it helps to have others to give not only practical hands-on help, but also advice, feedback, and the occasional encouraging word. While one person can assume the primary responsibility for running the club, a core group of 2-4 people is probably necessary to make any Club successful. This core group can form your "leadership team." We recommend that you have a faculty advisor if possible.

 

Education is the key to liberty. 

 

Step 6: Start the Club Today, Prepare and Publicize!
The final thing to do is to do what is necessary to officially start the club at your school, church or etc. Once you have done that, you can get ready to have some meetings! Don't worry about it being perfect now. Just start doing something today and it will grow into something you can be proud of. Believe in yourself. We believe in you!  

Take some time to decide what your club will do during its first semester. It is helpful if the leadership team can come up with a game plan--a calendar of events or topics for discussion. While all the planning doesn't have to be done before the club first forms, it helps to have at least a basic idea of what sorts of topics you will cover, activities you will do, and speakers you will host before  you get started.

To have meetings, you will also need to reserve meeting rooms: Most schools allow student groups to use classrooms or meeting rooms for their gatherings. A small meeting room or classroom which holds 20 to 40 people is ideal for a club meeting. Find out how to reserve these rooms, and reserve a few for your first meetings!

Finally, it is time to start publicizing the club. With just a little effort, create a few posters, flyers, and put them up in classrooms, quads, eating areas, dorms, or other common places around campus or any other non-school places. Here is where it is great to have a few friends to help--with good help, putting up a few flyers around campus requires very little effort.

If your school has a campus newspaper, or student e-mail announcement list, try to get an article or advertisement.

Are you interested? You can do it!Imagine if you learn something and can help a few others too and what if hundreds or thousands of others do the same. Think of how our country can become better just by a few people all over doing something! 

If you are interested in starting a club, it's easy and you can do it. Our staff is here to help you get your club started at every step of the way.

In closing, here's a quick review of the steps involved in starting a club:

1. Have an interest and agreement with NCOAM’s mission statement and core principles.
2. Apply using the link above: Club Founder Online Application.
3. Copy any of our resources on the "Start a Club" page to start.
4. Talk to your school, church, etc. about how to start club.
5. Find some friends, and parents to help you.
6. Start the club today, prepare and publicize your club!

We'd like to help you with each of these steps if you have any questions or any concerns you might have. If you have questions, comments, concerns, or interest in starting a club, please contact Michael Kobulnicky, MBA at ncoam@hotmail.com
www.ncoam.org

Thanks for reading and together we can save our freedoms!  

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