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Regional Group Definition

Texas Home School Coalition

Adopted 11/13/99

Updated April 2009

I.    General Purposes of a Regional Group:

a.   To help home schoolers find support groups in the area where they live

 b.   To provide leadership training and fellowship opportunities for home school leaders.

c.   To provide information networking to support groups and cooperation for a specific geographic area (via website, newsletter, e-mail network, etc.) Website should provide links and contact information for local groups as well as link to THSC.

d.   To sponsor regional activities such as:

1.   Graduations

2.   Book fairs

3.       Seminars

4.       Support group leadership training and assistance via meetings and/or retreats

5.       Regional debate tournaments, spelling bees, geography bees, etc.

e.   To promote or sponsor THSC Getting Started Orientations

II.    Definition of a Regional Group:

a.   The regional organization must be serving at least some of the general purposes listed above.

b.   It must represent six or more legitimate (each of which has ten or more families) support groups.  A regional group should avoid activities that are already being done by local support groups and concentrate on that which is best accomplished by several support groups cooperating with each other.

c.   A board with a full constitution and/or bylaws must govern the organization.  They must identify how their board members are selected and approved, and this must be clearly defined in that constitution.

d.   Any group that wishes to be recognized by THSC as a regional group may contact THSC for an application.  Such a group must currently be functioning in some ways listed above, must begin the reciprocity process if not already doing so, and may contact THSC for assistance in complying with remaining areas of the definition.  Once the regional group completes the application and consistently complies with the Areas Required, Ongoing Reciprocity, the application for recognition as a regional group will be submitted to the THSC board for approval.

e.   There must be reciprocity with THSC in the areas listed in III below.   THSC will offer benefits to those regional groups that are affiliate members. These are:

1.       Assisting regional groups in developing their ministry (as defined under Section I) to home schoolers and leaders

2.       Supplying mailing list as requested (Format is flexible.)

3.       Providing a listing in the Handbook for Texas Home Schoolers and on the THSC Web site as a regional group

4.       Promoting the regional groups in the magazine, handbook, and Web site by including regional-specific information as provided by the regional group

5.       Referring inquiries from each region to the specific regional group

6.       Including the regional group’s brochures in THSC info packets sent to that area

7.       Inviting regional board members to the THSC Leadership Training Conference

III.      Areas of Required, Ongoing Reciprocity:

a.       Sharing of mailing list and databases at least once a year*

b.       Promoting and supporting THSC in newsletters and info packets

c.       Selling of the THSC Handbook for Texas Home Schoolers

d.       Including THSC speakers and information at events with multiple suppliers/workshops

*Regional groups may be assured that THSC protects all names on our list from whatever source.  THSC provides labels to cooperating support and regional groups for special mailings.  At times, THSC makes available its list to businesses.  The ONLY way this happens is for the business to send its mail piece to our mailing service.  Our mailing service labels and mails the piece at the business’ expense.  Names and addresses are never turned over to businesses or government organizations.  THSC requires all organizations with which it shares lists to have the same policy.

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