Meaningful membership
Affordable and equal membership
Regular (quarterly) general assembly meetings
A clear channel to voice recommendations and to implement them
Transparent and organized elections and governance
Opportunity to serve
Equal chance to volunteer
Equal chance to help in programs
Equal chance to serve on committees
Equal chance to run for positions and elections
Recognition
Donors
wall plaques or wall of honors
naming rooms in the facilities after big donors and businesses
Sponsoring events
Sponsoring tables during the events
Thank you letters and postcards
Thank you phone calls
Thank you emails
Thank you gifts
Thank you visitations
Thank you in newsletters and community announcements
Volunteers
Same strategy used above with donors
Special talents
must also be recognized by the community
Board members
the outgoing board members must be recognized and thanked but try to avoid thanking the current board members because the decision to recognize is usually made by them
Special achievements: must be celebrated
Hifz Quran
Hijab
High school and college graduations
Special occasions
Weddings
New borns
Death
Sickness to ask for prayers, visitations and support
Safety
Secure facility
Controlled activities especially children
Anti-terrorism measures
Communication:
Announcements are usually made by: emails, website, social media and occasionally by mail
Regular Newsletter
Calendar of events
Regular meeting with members to explain policies, decisions, budgets and seek feedback and recommendations
There must be a clear channel of voicing concerns and addressing them. The most important point here is to visit any member who is concerned and talk to him/her to understand his views and explain the board decision.
No member should be ever alienated or labeled as trouble maker for voicing concerns
Conflict resolution is a must and every effort should be made to communicate and lessen the differences
Services and programs
Education and training
Islamic education: for non-Muslims, new Muslims and Muslims
Vocational training
Tutoring
College prep
Job shadowing
Job mentoring
Sickness visitation
At home
At hospital
Funeral arrangement and condolences
Funeral arrangement
Funeral assistance
Condolences
Family assistance afterward if needed
Networking
Connecting professionals
Professionals educational events
Guidance and mentoring
Matrimonial: get to know each other appropriately, nikah, wedding
Health: health education, clinics, assistance
Social: food, housing, government programs, and refugees
Legal: civil rights and immigration
Youth
Women
Family counseling
Shelter
Dawa: interfaith, open mosque day, volunteering, food pantry, health clinic
Celebrations
Eids festivals
Completing Quran
Graduations
Hijab
Parents
Weddings
Graduations
Checking on system
Develop a list of members
If they do not come to the masjid regularly, contact them and check on them
Make sure to visit them too
Groups of mentoring and checking-in
This is to have groups of 3-5 people who get along or leave in the same street of subdivision
They check on each other daily
They pick up some of the group some days on the way to the masjid
They review Quran together
The mentor of the group is the most active and he should belong to a higher group
Each one of the group (after some training) would mentor another group or new group
Masjid Store
Masjid Library
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