Tots of Fun: A New Haven County Playgroup

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GROUP GUIDELINES

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As organizers we feel that our first responsibility is to the safety of our group's members (especially since this is a group involving young children). Because we want to ensure our group's safety we have come up with a few guideline/rules that must be adhered to. They are as follows:

WEBSITE GUIDELINES

MAINTAINING MEMBERSHIP - In order to manitain membership in this playgroup please visit our group's site at least once every week. We don't want any lurkers. Members must try attend at least one meetup per month, although we would love members to attend more!.

MEETUP RSVP(ING) - Please RSVP to ALL meetups posted on our calendar (even if your answer is no). When you RSVP yes for a meetup and realize you may or may not be able to make, please go back and change you RSVP to either maybe or no. Organizers get worried when people RSVP yes and then don't show. If something comes up last minute and you don't have time to change you RSVP please email one of the organizers as soon as possible.

MEETUP FEEDBACK - If you RSVP'd "yes" for a meetup you will receive an email asking for your feedback. Please, please, please respond to this email and fill out the questionnaire. It will only take a minute and it is an awesome way for the organiers to get a better feel of how you enjoy each particular meetup. It also helps us to better plan our future meetups.

AS FOR THE MESSAGE BOARD - Please do not post anything inappropriate on it or use any "choice phrases" or "four letter words". (I know this is common sense, but I just feel better having made it a rule). You may also want to read over our "No Drama Policy" as this pertains to the message board as well.

MEETUP/PLAYDATE GUIDELINES

PENDING MEMBERS ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT - Once you have signed up with this group and are on our pending members list, you will have one month (30 days) to attend one of our meet n greets. If you can not attend a meet n greet within this time frame please let me know the reason and we may extend it another 30 days.

You may ask why we have this meet n greet policy. The answer is simple. We have no idea exactly who members are until we meet them in person and can verify their identity (as a mother who has a child). As organizers we want to make sure all members are who they say they are. It is just a safety precaution. There are a lot of strange and sick people out there and we certainly don't want them in this group where they certainly don't belong.

PROPER MEETUP BEHAVIOR (FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN)

When attending a meetup, please stay with your children the entire time (keep them in your sight to help prevent accidents).
(just kidding )
Please allow other parents to discipline their children in their own manner. However, we are all friends, so if you can prevent an injury among the children by gently intervening, please do so.
If you or any of your children are sick or recovering from an illness, please refrain from attending the meetups during that week. Please visit our SICK POLICY page for a more detailed explanation.

PLAYDATE ETIQUETTE

The organizer team and I have been discussing what we can do to help our group continue to be a safe and comfortable place for all of our members and children.

Here's a list of expectations that we think all our children are capable of meeting.

*We keep our hands to ourselves.
*There is no biting, kicking, spitting, or yelling.
*If someone bothers you... use your words and tell them to stop it...then come get me right away.
*We share our toys with other children.
*If you do not behave we will have to pack up our things and say good bye to our friends.

Right before each playdate, it's helpful to remind our kids of what they are. The days we remember to go over the expectations, they seem to do better...

It is pretty simple but it seems to work. However, you must follow through with a consistent method of discipline. Without consequences they have no reason to follow your "rules."

So if you are the parent who will not discipline her child or follow through... you may be asked to remove your child from a future playdate if he/she is overly aggressive. For the comfort, saftey and enjoyment of our entire group we hope you all understand.

We hope everyone agrees on these guidelines and will follow them. Please email one of the organizers if you have any questions or comments regarding the information on this page. THANK YOU!

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SICK POLICY	August 18, 2008 1:50 PM	anonymous
Playgroup Benefits	August 18, 2008 1:48 PM	anonymous
GROUP GUIDELINES	October 21, 2009 8:28 PM	anonymous
About this Meetup Group	January 30, 2009 1:30 PM	anonymous