Plan to have the new club meet on a different day, and perhaps time, from the sponsoring club. Plan the member make-up of the new club. There are many types of clubs based on the interests of members. Traditional clubs meet for either breakfast, lunch or dinner. More than 70 percent of Civitan clubs are traditional clubs.
Meetings begin with a hospitality and social followed by a program and business items.
The meeting location is usually an apartment complex clubhouse or a community center. Singles clubs are made up of unmarried adults. These clubs are often the quickest clubs to reach charter strength, but generally have a higher turnover of members. Singles clubs have the option to open membership to married people at any time or vote to let members who marry remain in the club. Conduct a community or area survey for the new Civitan club to identify needs of the community and plan an immediate service project for the club.