Looking for ideas for starting uni / juggling club

[billham]

I thoroughly enjoy unicycling and juggling and am jealous of all who
have a club or gang. I have decided that I need to look at the
possibility of creating my own club and getting that much coveted group
to uni and juggle with on a weekly basis. I am considering combining
the two activities as a way to get more people together. I have also
found that people seem pretty intimidated by unicycling, but less so
with juggling. I think the two activities will create a larger group
(thus more momentum and fun) and more opportunities for crossover into
the other acitivity.

I am looking for suggestions for ways to promote and start a group. I
don't think a venue will be a problem, just getting the people to gather
and learn.

Thanks, and wish me luck.

Bill

PS - I live in Washington, PA (south of Pittsburgh) in case you happen
to be in the area!


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[Greenchicken_13]

Local Bike Shops might let you put up a flyer or something.


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[onewheeldave]

If you ride the streets/muni stuff it'd probably be pretty easy to get a
picture and short article in your local paper, they're keen on stuff
like that.

Make sure they mention the stuff you want them to i.e. the fact that
you're setting up a club.

When they did an article on me I e-mailed them some facts about Muni cos
I suspected that they might have problems putting a factual article
together as they had no experience of unicycling.

Secondly, have you considered getting poi spinners in as well as
unicyclists and jugglers? currently poi/staff spinning is probably more
popular than juggling.


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[billham]

onewheeldave wrote:
>
> Secondly, have you considered getting poi spinners in as well as
> unicyclists and jugglers? currently poi/staff spinning is probably
> more popular than juggling. [/B]


I know a few who juggle and no one who does poi/staff spinning. I would
have no problem with adding them, if any were around. Gotta go with my
strengths unless others join in with enough commitment to make the
addition strong and lasting.

Bill


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[Jazz]

My personal observation about successful clubs is that successful clubs
almost never get created before there are already club members. It
probably sounds a little paradoxical.

There may be a few "Field of Dreams" type clubs where someone put
together a club and magically, members joined, but I think for the most
part, a successful club requires a core group of at least four people
who almost always show up and aren't particularly discouraged when no
one else shows.

The club should meet regularly in a regular space. After that, it's a
matter of making sure people who have an interest in the club can look
it up easily on the web. One of the worst things for a club looking for
new members to do is to meet on a whim at random locations.

So the real question is where do you find the core members of the
group... My guess is that it helps to be attractive, charismatic,
well-spoken, skillful, and have the ability to look like you're having
the time of your life while you're doing your thing. Either that or
find someone like that. ;)


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[Klaas Bil]

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:30:39 -0600, billham
> wrote:

>I am looking for suggestions for ways to promote and start a group.

There have been a few threads about this. E.g., Tommy Thompson (handle
Tmornstar) posted some excellent advice in a thread titled "Starting a
club, any tips?". The thread starter was nu_uni on 4 Feb 2003. I have
saved it locally so I could e-mail it to you if you can't find it.
LMK.

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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[GILD]

Klaas Bil wrote:
> *There have been a few threads about this. E.g., Tommy Thompson
> (handle
> Tmornstar) posted some excellent advice in a thread titled "Starting
> a
> club, any tips?". *


check that thread out 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/wz4c)

also do a search on 'clubs' and u'll find a whole lot of other threads
offering suggestions and advice


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[Liam]

In article .com>,
(billham) wrote:

> I am looking for suggestions for ways to promote and start a group. I
> don't think a venue will be a problem, just getting the people to gather
> and learn.

If you ever have a fair near you, you could bring along some of your props
and while everyone's discovering that unicycling is actually harder than
it looks, you can hand round leaflets. Plus, it gives you a chance to
show off. If people see something to aspire to, they'll be more likely to
join, I think.

Liam

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[billham]

Thanks for your thoughts and tips.

I still getting used to this forum stuff and have to remember to do a
search before I ask questions. Thanks for the link to the "starting a
club" thread in February. Even though the topic has been covered
earlier in the year, it's encouraging to have some current thoughts and
feedback. I get lonely .:( and it's nice to chat with other uni
enthusiasts.

I gotta do something, club or otherwise.

Bill


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[thinuniking]

i don't really like the idea of a juggling and uni club's mix together
as it is normally all freestyle,i am more of a trials and muni person
but i guess it could be a place to meet other unicyclists and make a
ride from there but a club is great cause you learn more quicker and you
always want to do better than your friends so you practice more.but if
your a freestyle kind of guy then juggle and uni club would be cool


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