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How to form a club

What is required to form an "Official " Disc Golf Club? I live in Florida and the local county powers that be will not consider talking to "just a bunch of guys" about the upkeep, repair and expansion of our beloved home course. They said we need to have a bona-fide club. Does this mean we need to file for a non-profit organization (which costs money that we don't have yet), or is just having the club charter that I got off the PDGA site good enough? Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Kennedy on July 21, 2011 at 5:38pm

I would think having a bank account even if it's $100, business cards maybe with a logo and a especially a club web presence of some sort like a free Ning site or your own website would make you seem more legit.

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Permalink Reply by Fred Vegas on July 21, 2011 at 5:48pm

What part of Florida?

Bob Lewis was and still is the guy at Barnett Park in Orlando. If you need some advice I would look him up.

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Permalink Reply by Hippy on July 21, 2011 at 8:38pm

Bob is the man!!!! Runs a tight ship!!!!! The guys from Daytona(Jamie rocshot) they run a great one too!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Justin NUDGA#15 on July 21, 2011 at 9:26pm

Our club made a good first impression by donating to charity. If you can get enough money together to purchase a tournament package from your favorite discgolf company, you could turn it around for a great profit. Doing charity events will get a good vibe going and it will teach you how to make money for your club.