Assigning members to specific commodity subcommittees helps encourage participation. A facilitator who handles the details to free up the leader to concentrate on the meeting. Meet at the same time and place for each meeting. Set a standard agenda. Keep meetings under an hour.
Telephone conferences are workable.
What Will Not Work 1. Setting up the room in classroom style. County Extension agent or Extension economist as the primary leader. Club too closely associated with a broker. A club that the leader or agent tries to keep alive past its natural life.