A junior at the University of Chicago formed a club, Men in Power, “following enthusiastic support of a column he wrote for the student newspaper challenging the lack of advocacy groups for men.” There are now 125 members — and some of them are women! But, of course, there are detractors.

One, the president of Women in Business at the U of C, says “she wasn’t ‘sure [the campus] really need[s] another student organization that focuses on preprofessional development for men.” Another, a member of Feminist Majority, says, “It’s like starting ‘white men in business.’ There’s not really any purpose.”

I should think that if 125 members, some of whom are women, think there’s a purpose, that speaks for itself.

Here’s founder Saltarelli’s original article: http://www.chicagomaroon.com/2009/3/2/men-in-power

No feminist reaction ism which leads to a futher liberal dialecticism and genderization.

Nothing but old school clubs where blokes operate on their own terms and have time and networks to square their shit.

A check of father’s rights groups might yield some interested parties. It would be great if there were the classic old drawing room men’s clubs where guys could plot, plan, and scheme business with moles on the planning commissions and zoning boards like the old days. Maybe thats what the Masons are -really- about (LOL). It seems like all the developers (and city alderman, town council members, the mayor and vice mayor) in my little town do that.

Legally I do not think it would be an issue for private not-for-profit clubs — you can exclude people you do not want in them, including on the basis of gender. Most of the situations we remember about men’s spaces being colonized by women were not due to lawsuits but rather due to organized social pressure.

I think at this point in time we’re not as likely to get blowback.

On that note, similar things are happening in other veins. Look at this story: http://tinyurl.com/ry6rbc

It seems some enterprising young men are moving forward and re-starting groups for men on campus. This is *exactly* what we need to see!

Things are happening, men. I think our word is reaching more and more men and things are happening.

Financial structure: Charitable, for profit, membership

Affiliation: Stand alone, religious, linked to current organization

Mission: Health/Fitness, Entertainment, Shelter etc.

Charitable/ Funding potential

The history of successful like organizations are overwhelmingly membership based that provide a specific service but have an overriding charitable or religious mission.

The classic example is the YMCA.

You can install your own, if you want to use Welmer.org as the server, but the above solutions seem to have that beat as far as convenience goes. Then again, use Welmer.org and you have closer control over the archives, I suppose.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majordomo_(software)