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November 2003 Cheshvan 5764
 

ENSURE YOUR TEMPLE'S FUTURE - CONSTRUCT A COMPREHENSIVE ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
Phase III: The Community Campaign
Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, TX, has constructed a highly fine-tuned and successful endowment campaign that raised more than $17.5 million. The methodology, which is applicable to any size congregation, was first to target a small group of potentially very large donors, then to focus in on a larger group of not-quite-so-large donors, and finally to include the entire congregation in the appeal. In the September edition of Inside Leadership, we outlined the strategies that were used to plan the temple's entire campaign, and in October we concentrated on the campaign for large donors. Now we will conclude with Phase III: The Community Campaign and the gala celebration.
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CHAI SOCIETY—LIFE FOR YOU AND THE CONGREGATION
We received an Endowment Challenge to raise $2 million in honor of our 125th Anniversary as a congregation. A foundation agreed to match, at 50 percent, each endowment gift during the campaign. ...Full text

CONTINUALLY E-X-P-A-N-D YOUR WEBSITE AT NO COST TO YOU
Would you like your Web site to be the first place your members look for anything Jewish? Would you like your site to have changing Torah commentary, prayers and blessings, holiday activities, and other timely information? And would you like to have a modern, easy-to-maintain site — without any additional cost?
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HEARKEN TO THE STATUTES
Synagogue Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Policy Manuals
Your bylaws need revising, but where do you begin? Your constitution is so old that you really need to start from scratch, but it seems like such an onerous task that you put it off year after year. Hearken to the Statutes: Synagogue Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Policy Manuals is an instructional guide for creating all the documents that are needed to define the set of rules by which a synagogue is managed. Written for those who are revising or creating their documents, it defines them, offers an overview of their history, describes the contents of each article, and targets specific issues in modern bylaw making, such as defining the qualifications for membership ...Full text

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