Question:
Leader of WLS Support Group would like to hear from other leaders

I am the leader of a WLS Support Group in Southern Indiana and am interested to hear how other support groups are ran. I would like to keep things interesting for both pre-op and post-op members without leaving anyone out. Would welcome any suggestions or comments. Thanks!    — woods2104 (posted on February 10, 2003)

February 10, 2003
Hi Vicki, I'm a co-leader for our group - we have 4 co-leaders... It's best to share the responibilities among the group. We do not charge and anyone can attend - several doctors are represented at all meetings. We've only had a couple opportunites that presented themselves for improvement overall... one being that we have newbies who come and ask the same questions over and over - which tends to take a lot of time reanswering the same questions. It's been suggested that we break into 2 groups - same meeting date/just different rooms - we're addressing that issue now. It's more for the "graduates" benefit than for anyone elses.... sometimes answering the same things deliquishes our time from addressing the graduates concerns. As for our discussions... other than the newbie questions we pretty much keep it an open forum. At least 2 of us co-leaders bring in special topics of interest to assist keeping the meeting moving along.
   — lindajenkins