You may choose to attend our gatherings either online or in person or start your own Grateful Goddess Club in your area. Should you chose to start your own club, we will make it easy for you by supplying the tools and direction you will need to form your own Grateful Goddess Club or a Grateful Goddess Book Club.
A Grateful Goddess Club
Each month we post a new topic of discussion for our community gathering and following the event, provide notes and video which you can use as a catalyst for your goddess club’s gatherings. A great way to get started would be to invite goddesses together and review the materials for discussion. You may choose to use this information, but you certainly don’t have to.
Your own gatherings could be at homes, restaurants, coffee shops or board rooms. There are so many ways you can do this, there is no reason not to form an inspired group of fun, supportive goddesses! As each Charter Club Members needs and desires vary, we will help you in any way we can, simply indicate your club vision and interests in an email to goddess@thegratefulgoddess.com to initiate a conversation.
A Grateful Goddess Book Club
1. Community Book Clubs will meet monthly with the day and time determined by the group leader. A consistent time and day of the month is helpful in planning and scheduling for best attendance. Check listings for book clubs in your area. Posts regarding a particular book may be made at any time.
2. Book selection will be made by The Grateful Goddess so that online discussion groups can follow along. Click here to submit your book suggestions, which are accepted at any time.
3. Reading Guides will be provided for each book to get the conversation started, and you are welcome to adjust the format of the meetings to fit your individual club needs.
4. Ideally book clubs are limited to a maximum of ten people so everyone has an opportunity to voice their opinion and yet the discussion doesn’t suffer when there isn’t perfect attendance at every meeting.
5. Book clubs may meet in homes, libraries, restaurants or coffee shops and may rotate or have a fixed location. If meeting in homes, you may decide to have participants bring an appetizer or beverage. The book club leader may make these decisions with input from the participants at the first meeting.
A few guidelines to follow:
Be grateful and respectful
Please keep in mind others participating in the book club will have varying views and opinions, be grateful that some see things differently and can help us see life from another perspective. Be respectful of others thoughts and feelings while still trusting your voice and speaking your truth in a civil, polite and respectful manner. Please avoid any language that is abusive, intimidating, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable. This also includes having a tone that is consistently critical, derogatory or otherwise negative. We reserve the right to edit or remove any post that violates these guidelines, and we further reserve the right to limit or suspend the access of any participant who violates these rules. In the community book clubs that meet in person, allow everyone an opportunity to share their view. Do not bully or intimidate alternative perspectives. Online, avoid using all caps which is perceived as a form of shouting. Remember your thoughts will be read by people who may not know you and tone may be difficult to determine, so if there is room for misinterpretation in your message, please reconsider and rewrite. If you have been misunderstood, please respond calmly and add more clarity when restating your point.
Author Participation
From time to time, we may have authors join our discussion to answer questions and offer insights and intentions behind their work. Please be respectful of their time and talent and realize they may not be able to answer every question or respond to every post.
Your Privacy
Remember that the online Book Club is a public forum widely accessible on the Internet. Please do not post any confidential or potentially embarrassing information about yourself or anyone else. Please keep your real name, email address, phone number, and any information you do not want everyone to know confidential. Posting someone else’s confidential information will result in the termination of your access to these services. You have complete control over what content you provide in your Profile, and who gets to see it. Access to these controls is located under My Profile/My Page?
No Solicitations Allowed
This forum is strictly for the discussion of the selected books. Please do not use these forums to advertise or solicit for any business or enterprise. Such postings will be removed, and will result in the suspension of your access to these services.
Age Requirement
Online safety is of utmost importance to us. For this reason, you must be 16 years old or older to participate. Any posts from someone who is under that age will be removed. If you are under the age of 18, you should obtain parental consent before participating in any message board or forum discussion.
What to do if you find an inappropriate posting
The best monitoring of a community is frequently done by the participants themselves. If you see any offensive, abusive or otherwise inappropriate postings, please click on the “Report Abuse to a Moderator” link that is attached to the message. We will not discuss one user’s actions or account with any other user. Therefore, we won’t tell the user who filed the report, and it also means we cannot tell you what action was taken.
How you will be notified if your access is suspended
Violation of these User Guidelines or the other terms could result in the suspension or termination of your access to these services. If your account is suspended, you will not be able to sign in, but will instead receive a message indicating your account status.
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
Participants in The Grateful Goddess Book Club retain full ownership of the original material they create and post in these forums. By participating in the Book Club, you give The Grateful Goddess the perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free right and license to use this content in this service or in the marketing of this service. Participants do not have the right to copy or redistribute the content of this service outside of the message boards.
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