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1. We will review our book lists from the past year and talk about what worked and what did not.
2. We will adapt our best new ideas to the upcoming year.
3. We will not heap scorn a member for choosing a more adventurous book.
4. We will read beyond the bestseller list and the latest "it" book.
5. We will choose one forgotten classic or "surprise selection" per year.
6. We will read at least one work of classic fiction, a book in translation or a genre we have yet to read such as science fiction or biography.
7. We will start keeping a list of club books and authors we have read that can be updated and sent around.
8. We will not just wish for better discussions, we will make it happen.
9. We will spend more time on discussion preparation – we will even take notes in the margins of our books or corner the market in stickies.
10. We will start a club scrapbook filled with members' great lines, menus, wine labels, tickets, and mementos of every type.
11. We will do that extra bit of Internet or library research.
12. We will establish rules for personal charity solicitations at the club and plan for one group charity or mentoring initiative a year.
13. We will buy an annual club present – a bookstore gift certificate would be a capital idea! – for the member we just assume will come through and make our club what it is today.
14. We will resist a consensus mentality and explore minority opinions of the book.
15. We will make it a rule that if a member has picked an especially challenging book, he or she must show up to the meeting.
16. We will submit to an Extreme Book Club Makeover if membership has slipped.
17. We will communicate clearly on email, giving all the facts in one place.
18. We will never forget to R.S.V.P. to any club event.
19. We will always follow through and host when we say we will host.
20. We will make time in our schedule for fellow book club members because we know that where they are going is always wonderful, interesting and too much fun. |
