A. Membership
Families who wish to join NC-FLT (North Carolina Families Learning Together) must be currently homeschooling or be interested in homeschooling. Each family that joins the NC-FLT group will pay a
yearly membership fee, and must fill out the membership form. Although participation in group activities is not required for membership, we encourage all members to share in the responsibilities of the group and group activities so as not to overwhelm other group members. For voting purposes, only one member vote shall be counted for each member family.

B. Coordinator Positions
There are several voluntary positions within the NC-FLT group that are necessary for the group to run smoothly. These positions will be reevaluated at each member meeting. Anyone wanting to volunteer for a coordinator position or wanting to continue in a coordinator position should bring their name forward at our member meetings. If more than one person wants to volunteer for a specific position the members present at that meeting will vote and a simple majority raise of hands will elect a coordinator.

Network Coordinator records all business correspondence on behalf of NC-FLT. Directs the business meeting. Appoints a secretary to record the minutes. Organizes and distributes the minutes of the meeting to the members. Keeps in touch with all other NC-FLT coordinators.
Membership Coordinator will combine all registration information into a NC-FLT directory and post this directory on the yahoo site under the files section for members to refer to. Coordinator will also
notify members when they membership needs to be renewed, add and delete members from the directory and yahoo group as needed.
Treasurer receives all funds. Keeps a record of debits and credits to the NC-FLT account. Receives reimbursement requests and makes payments. Advances money to the Gathering Coordinator for deposits etc. Treasurer prepares a financial report for the business meeting.
Newsletter Editor will prepare a newsletter every 3 months and will make this available to all members at the NC-FLT yahoo site and NC-FLT Alumni Yahoo site as well as to individuals by USPS who do
not register an e mail address.
Website Coordinator will maintain the NC-FLT website. Coordinator will also assist with posting Gathering Information to the Website.
Gathering Coordinator reserves a camp for the Gathering, works with camp personnel to establish rules and responsibilities. Forms a Gathering Committee. Communicates progress and needs with
NC-FLT members. Assures that registration forms and information are available and all fees are paid. Makes sure committee stays within budget. May request money for special activities for the Gathering. Provides members with a Gathering financial report.

C. Communication
Newsletter- The newsletter is published every three months. Anyone wanting to submit anything to the newsletter must submit it to the newsletter editor by the deadline date set. Submissions may include but are not restricted to; activities/events for homeschoolers within NC-FLT and the homeschooling community, articles and essays related to homeschooling, favorite homeschooling web sites, books, or magazines, information regarding "graduated" or current NC-FLT members, your children's poems, stories, essays or pictures.

Yahoo lists
NC-FLT has two yahoo lists.

The NC-FLT list which is for all current NC-FLT members. It is used to discuss activities, events, gatherings, and other homeschooling information. It is also for getting to know NC-FLT members as we are a statewide group and may not see each other often.

NC-FLT alumni list is for all of those families who have graduated all their students and the graduated students themselves, who want to stay in touch and know what is going on within the NC-FLT family. All members of this list must have attended at least one gathering.

A few simple suggestions. Remember that everyone has an opinion and is entitled to their opinion.

Please be sensitive to our differences. Remember that people are different in e mail, we cannot see facial expressions and gestures on e mail. Read all e mail as if your best friend is writing it. We want to
build a strong homeschooling community and e mail is part of that community.

Membership Directory- The membership directory can be found in the files section of our yahoo list. It is available to all NC-FLT members. We ask that you do not distribute this list outside of NC-FLT and it is not for solicitation purposes.

D. Meetings
NC-FLT will hold at least 2 meetings a year, at the gatherings. The network coordinator will be responsible for these meetings. The network coordinator will post an e mail through the NC-FLT yahoo list calling for agenda items. An agenda will be posted through the NC-FLT yahoo list prior to the meeting. All meeting minutes will be posted in the files section of the NC-FLT yahoo site.

All members present will vote on agenda items, one vote per family, and a simple majority raise of hands of those voting will be required to pass a vote

To vote on any item not on the agenda 1/3 of the voting membership must be present at the meeting.

For NC-FLT purposes a member family will be all people listed on one membership registration form.