Northern New Jersey Region

   
  Quality Club Award
  Scorecard 2011-12

Club Name _____________________________________________
Club Number ___________________
City, State/Province _______________________________________
Submitted By ____________________________________________
Club Position ____________________________________________
Contact E-mail ___________________________________________
Contact Tel. # _________________________________________

Mandatory Requirements -  All of these criteria must be completed.  These criteria will be certified by the FJMC or by the Regional President.

1.   On-line Registration for the 2012 World Wide Wrap.       Yes / No
2.   Purchasing and distributing FJMC Yom HaShoah Yellow Candles™ by May 31, 2012.       Yes / No
3.   Having dues paid in full to the FJMC as of May 31, 2012, and not having any past due balances.     Yes / No
4.   Having a membership list submitted between June 1, 2011 and May 30, 2012.     Yes / No
5.   Having a member attending a regional retreat, OR an FJMC consultant-led regional or individual club training program.  (The January 2012 LDI and FJMC Keruv training will count for this criterion.).  If none of these options is available, a visitation by an FJMC International or Regional Representative may be substituted.  (This item to be certified by the region president)

               RETREAT ATTENDEE & DATES ________________________________________

               TRAINING PROGRAM & DATES ________________________________________

               KERUV ATTENDEE & DATES___________________________________________

               LDI ATTENDEE ______________________________________________________ 

Optional Requirements – A club must also achieve any 10 other criteria to qualify for the award.

1. Have a club member attend the 2011 FJMC convention (other than congregational clergy)  Yes / No
2. Purchasing FJMC books or materials other than Yellow Candles Yes / No
3. Having a member as an elected FJMC or Regional officer (i.e. not a member of a Board of Directors or Trustees) Yes / No
4. Having a member (other than one in #3) actively serving on an International FJMC committee Yes / No
5. Having a member attend a regional honoree program, such as a man-of-the-year event, OR some other regional event that is not training or a meeting.  A meeting with a program is acceptable. Yes / No
6. Holding a program to enhance Jewish observance (other than distributing yellow candles or holding a Wrap) (Examples: Hebrew Literacy; Art of Jewish Living course; Torah study with the Rabbi; selling sukkah kits; Build-A-Pair Program, etc..) This is meant to include some kind of hands-on activity and not simply a Sunday morning speaker on the matter. Yes / No
7. Holding a community service project (Holding a community service project elsewhere during the year; examples: delivering food to the needy; holding religious services at an assisted living home; collecting books and toys for an orphanage, etc.) Yes / No
8. Holding a Men’s Club Shabbat (Friday night, Saturday morning, or both) Yes / No
9. Holding a Hearing Men's Voices program or Keruv program (Examples: any program on men’s health other than that counted for in the wellness program in (9); discussion of father-son relationships; men’s spiritual being; or men and their work,
         Keruv programs are eligible only if the Men’s club is directly involved) Yes / No
   10.  Holding an active club participation wellness program (other than a Hearing Men’s Voices program) (Examples: group exercises, weight loss, biking and running programs) Yes / No
   11.  Holding a Shomrei Haaretz project (Examples: solar powered Ner Tamid; JNF carbon offset program; “greening” the synagogue project) Yes / No
   12.  Holding a synagogue service project (Examples: ushering; printing a synagogue directory; a clean-up project around the synagogue; project to look through synagogue tallisim to pick out those that are worn and need to be retired) Yes / No
   13.  Holding a father-child program or youth support activity (Examples; father-child bowling or attending a pro sports game; youth art contest; Camp Ramah scholarships; program on safe driving) Yes / No
   14.  Participating directly in activity on the international  level to help Masorti Judaism (Examples: contributing mezuzot, FJMC books, prayer books, tallisim, tefillin, etc. to foreign congregations;
           corresponding with foreign synagogues to encourage their participation in the World Wide Wrap; contributing funds to Masorti synagogues or other institutions affiliated with the international Masorti/Conservative Movement) Yes / No
   15.  Having someone in place as of May 1, 2012, to be the next club president (does not need to have the formal title of First Vice President, but a person must acknowledge his willingness to serve, and his name must be submitted to satisfy this criteria) Yes / No
   16.  Regular activity to inform members of activities and/or meetings (Examples; club newsletter; group e-mail; telephone tree; postcards; regular program advertising in synagogue newsletter) Yes / No
   17.  Has a written and adopted budget for the 2011-12 program year Yes / No
   18.  Has a published calendar of activities for the 2011-12 program year Yes / No
   19.  Participated in a joint program with another Men's Club (other than a regional activity) (can be with a Men's Club outside of the Conservative/Masorti Movement) Name(s) of other Men’s Clubs must be submitted to satisfy this criterion. Yes / No
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