An hour and a half at the most. Give a brief report of local Radical Religious Right activity. Propose a name for the coalition. Have a representative from each group sign up as a group liaison volunteer. This will be your contact person with an given group.
Second meeting determines officers, job assignments, projects and time line for completing projects.
Meeting schedules and frequencies will depend upon proposed projects and local Religious Right activity. The core group will keep everything going. The core group meets as often as necessary once a week, three times a week whatever is required. Group liaisons are the links to all the groups in the coalition. The coalition itself usually meets monthly, but it really depends on the types activity in which the coalition engages.