HOW TO START AN LYC CHAPTER IN YOUR CITY?

We are seeking organizers to help start Long Yang Club in their local city. You will find it fun and socially rewarding. No experience is required but enthusiasm & reliability is an advantage! There is absolutely no charge. 

We will provide: 

• FREE personal advice and assistance to show you how easy starting a group can be! 

• FREE step-by-step LYC start-up guide

• FREE assistance to set up a pilot team to start LYC in your city. 

• FREE website for your local LYC chapter's homepage 

• FREE homepage design, if required. 

• FREE alias email address - cityname@longyangclub.com 

• FREE membership to the list-serve/bulletin board exclusive to LYC organisers only. 

• Also: Instant recognition of your group's membership by all LYC chapters across the world. 

ALL WE REQUEST IS FOR YOUR LOCAL CLUB TO BE CALLED "LONG YANG CLUB" or "LYC" AND TO PROMOTE OUR ORGANIZATION'S NAME.

SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE STARTING A GROUP

To gauge the chances of success in starting a new LYC group, please ask yourself the following questions:

1. Do I have any experience of organising groups of people? 

2. Am I prepared for the amount of dedication and work involved? 

3. Am I good at talking to people that I do not know very well? 

4. Do I have any previous experience of being a member of an LYC chapter? 

5. Do I have a good number of gay friends? 

6. Are there a reasonable number of gay Asians and interested non-Asians in my town/city? 

7. If there is already a gay Asian group in my town/city, is there room for another one? 

8. Do I know some people who would be prepared to help me start an LYC chapter? 

9. Do I really need any Asians to start an LYC Chapter? (It would be nice but maybe not essential initially. Maybe they will start to take interest when the Chapter has been formed and you have something to offer them.)

You do NOT have to say 'Yes' to every of those questions above, but the more 'Yes' answers there are, the better your chance of success!

WILL I BE STARTING THE GROUP BY MYSELF?

No. We will work with you.

Usually, we will appoint our Regional Coordinator to contact you and liaise with you. He will provide you with advice and support, and he will work with you till the group takes off. These guys have experience in assisting other groups in the past.

Whenever you start a new group, LYC always advice that you follow a 'team approach'. That means, instead of getting the group up yourself, it is important that you form a small team of 3-6 'core organizers'. We will try to introduce you to other people in your city so that you will have a team of people helping each other out. This way, it is more effective than doing it all by yourself and certainly a lot more fun! For our Step-By-Step Start-Up Guide and for more information, please write (including your telephone number, email address and/or postal address) to: silklink@longyangclub.org  

We also welcome new groups to join our Long Yang Global Partnerships.