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We have 20 members in pur stock club. Only 5 to 6 members attend the monthly meeting. And it is the same people. I find it real amusing to see such poor participation for years. What is happening in your stock club?
We have a rule about attending meetings, if you miss too many without a valid reason you are out.

On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM Rama Bommaraju via bivio.com <user*37002300001@bivio.com> wrote:
We have 20 members in pur stock club. Only 5 to 6 members attend the monthly meeting. And it is the same people. I find it real amusing to see such poor participation for years. What is happening in your stock club?
We have mandatory attendance rules. Miss three without good reason; later gator! That being said, we only have 6 members. Very involved with almost perfect attendance.

Tom Cryer
Tomcryer@me.com
303-638-3202

> On May 11, 2026, at 5:52 PM, Rama Bommaraju via bivio.com <user*37002300001@bivio.com> wrote:
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> We have 20 members in pur stock club. Only 5 to 6 members attend the monthly meeting. And it is the same people. I find it real amusing to see such poor participation for years. What is happening in your stock club?
We have a minimum attendance requirement as part of our membership agreement. Must attend 6 meetings per year unless extenuating circumstances and the rest of the membership approves the absence. 

Randy Purvis 
D & C Investment Club 

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On May 11, 2026, at 8:36 PM, Lucile Sorrells via bivio.com <user*30762600001@bivio.com> wrote:


We have a rule about attending meetings, if you miss too many without a valid reason you are out.

On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM Rama Bommaraju via bivio.com <user*37002300001@bivio.com> wrote:
We have 20 members in pur stock club. Only 5 to 6 members attend the monthly meeting. And it is the same people. I find it real amusing to see such poor participation for years. What is happening in your stock club?

Our club meets via zoom once a month with close to 100% participation. Partners missing three consecutive meetings can be voted out.

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We have a rule about attending meetings, if you miss too many without a valid reason you are out.

On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM Rama Bommaraju via bivio.com <user*37002300001@bivio.com> wrote:

We have 20 members in pur stock club. Only 5 to 6 members attend the monthly meeting. And it is the same people. I find it real amusing to see such poor participation for years. What is happening in your stock club?

We too are miss three meetings in a 12 month period  and you're out.

There is another issue.
I seem to remember the IRS has rules about clubs and absentee members.
I think the issue is that if you allow that behavior you can be construed to be operating a mutual fund.

On May 11, 2026, at 8:35 PM, Lucile Sorrells via bivio.com <user*30762600001@bivio.com> wrote:

We have a rule about attending meetings, if you miss too many without a valid reason you are out.

On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM Rama Bommaraju via bivio.com <user*37002300001@bivio.com> wrote:
We have 20 members in pur stock club. Only 5 to 6 members attend the monthly meeting. And it is the same people. I find it real amusing to see such poor participation for years. What is happening in your stock club?

Your members are bored.
Or, they feel like it doesn't matter if they attend.
And, they may not understand and don't want to admit it.

Make EDUCATION an element in EVERY meeting.
Make the meetings FUN.
Use Visuals - preferably showing on a large screen smart TV. Show your portfolio, show the graphs, show the SSGs.
Keep the meetings to a tight agenda.
Make sure that every member has an assignment to follow a stock. Let them know they are expected to report in person QUARTERLY.

Linda





On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM Rama Bommaraju via bivio.com <user*37002300001@bivio.com> wrote:
We have 20 members in pur stock club. Only 5 to 6 members attend the monthly meeting. And it is the same people. I find it real amusing to see such poor participation for years. What is happening in your stock club?