big shout out to the ghosts and the ghostettes today we talk about opening
a clubhouse for the very first time whether you're in a big chapter and
you broke off into a smaller chapter or you're a brand new club what is the reason
why you should open a clubhouse and what is the reason why you should stay away
from it we get into it on this episode of demons road tv and oh yeah we ghostin baby
big shout out to the ghosts and the ghostettes welcome to demons row tv
the holy grail of mc culture where we cover everything motorcycle club
involved I'm sose the ghost I'm your host for the evening and today we talk about
opening a clubhouse what is the significance of a clubhouse a lot of people feel that it attracts
more members this is possible if you're a club that's been around for a long time and you have
a strong membership but me personally i am very anti clubhouse if it's not the right situation
because i have seen it cause more arguments cause more issues between so-called brothers
you know the rant everything that is associated with opening a clubhouse is something that must be
done with the vote and not pushed on to a chapter I've seen it deteriorate chapters so we're gonna
get into it but the first thing i want you to do like we always do on this channel is to hit me
with that pound joke and that lets me know you're alive and well sitting on twos doing what you do
or just part of the demons road community one of my ghosts shout to all my new subscribers
welcome to the roll make sure you hit that bell so you get the notification hit the like button make
sure you share this with someone that's trying to open a new clubhouse because it it could be life
or death for their club shout out to everybody that's been getting the new ghost in shirts
we have the the gray now we're gonna have a whole bunch of other colors we got the blue ones too
get your bandanas all of that but let's break this down open in the mc clubhouse first and foremost
why do you want to open a clubhouse let me know that in the comments if you're a new person and
you just broke off and you want to start a charter whatever it may be or your new club
what is the reason why you want a clubhouse where is it that you saw a clubhouse where you felt that
it was a good idea for you and your brothers to follow suit and do the same thing what if i told
you that opening a clubhouse is a weakness what if i told you that it's more problems
than it is beneficial if you have a strong charter and you guys are you know 40 50 60 70 80 deep why
do you want to start fractioning off into groups of five in small towns that you don't even live in
because let's keep it real the majority of these clubhouses they they claim a city that is a major
city and whatever state it is and the majority of the brothers do not live in that city so it's
dishonest and disingenuous from the jump when you do that now i'm not saying that everybody
does that but really look around and let's be real here out of most charters that you know of
how many people actually live in the town that they're claiming or do they live on the outskirts
now expansion can be a good thing it definitely can be a good thing like if you live in a state
you know like like a california or something right let's just say california for instance
let's say like the northern part of california is eight hours from socal and the majority of your
membership is in southern california then it makes sense to eventually create a chapter you know
in that area because it's almost impossible to constantly commute that far you know for
church or for meetings or whatever but if you live a hour away everybody lives an hour away
from the clubhouse or a half an hour away from the clubhouse what sense does it make to break
a strong charter up into small factions and let's keep it real here nine times out of ten what is
the reason why people want to break off and start their own chapter think really think about it and
i tell you it is one person or two people one person that has aspirations of being a president
and then two the vp who wants to eventually stab him in the back so that he could be a president
so you have a couple of people that want to be the top dog they want to be the big fish in the small
pond instead of keeping all the brothers together and making it a strong chapter one big strong
collective they fracture and that breaks clubs apart i have seen clubs where they have no members
now or there's five members in a state they're claiming a state with a bottom rocker but they got
five members four members it happens you have to sit down and vote if you're gonna do a clubhouse
you have to make it where 90 of the brothers are for it and and listen to the listen to the 10
that have you know reasons why they disagree and maybe hey go with that brother's gut
feeling because he has a gut feeling that it's not gonna work you know make it unanimous that
everybody has to agree on the clubhouse because i've been in situations where
you know a president vice president they just pushed the issue yo we we got our charter now
we're gonna we're gonna get our clubhouse and whatever but for what though for what they'll
tell you is to make money okay so if it's to make money why aren't we opening a business why
are we rushing to open a clubhouse when we just started do you know what happens if you don't
have enough members this literally breaks down a club what happens is you start that's where the
being thirsty for numbers come and that's where the death of clubs is the clubhouse is the root
of those problems because let's say you got five or six solid brothers or ten solid brothers
and you guys have a good time and and you got you know you have that brotherhood everything is there
depending where you live if your rent is a certain number that means brother's dues got to be higher
or you got to open up shop very quickly and start generating income right away which also leads
to allowing outsiders in your club who are not in clubs and then therefore you have to worry
about security one shootout one bat somebody gets stabbed some bad situation happens your clubhouse
is shut down and now your club has a bad name and i'm not saying that like every clubhouse
that opens up something bad is gonna happen but what does happen is clubs fall off brothers
are arguing you start allowing members in that are not good for your club and will leave soon
and then what happens you're like thirsty to keep them even though they're like fracturing your club
because you need to pay the rent you don't have enough money with the dudes to pay for the light
and everything you know what i think clubs should do and i don't see this too often but i'm sure
you know what happens i'm not saying it doesn't happen why not build a kitty up you know what
i mean do your thing for a couple years build the kitty up have so much money that now when
you're sitting at the table you're talking about business and why does it have to be a clubhouse
because you saw jax with or you saw clay with the little you know with the little judge gaffel and
and that's the the little scene that you want to play out in your mind is that really what
it is because if it's business why aren't you opening a legitimate business why isn't a club
saying forget a clubhouse let's open a uh a pack shop and we do everybody's patches in the state
and we start making a business and you know what downstairs we'll hang out and we'll have
our meetings there doesn't that make more sense now you're generating income it doesn't hurt you
because you're already saved up with the kitty so you have the amount of money it takes you
don't jump into it until you're ready you stash enough in your kitty where opening the business
is no problem it becomes a thing where it's not fun anymore you just go to the same clubhouse
you there's times where you could go do something that in the past you would have did and had a good
time but you don't do it because gotta have the clubhouse open because you gotta make the money
to pay the rent and then it it just you ride less you know people don't want to be around
as much and listen when you have like a a great chapter and it's deep and there's a lot of people
and you're making a lot of money listen that it's all well and good it can attract a lot of members
if you have a lot of members and they've been around for a lot of years and they're not going
to walk out on you and leave you you know foot in the bill and you wind up losing the clubhouse
then it's it can attract members also feel like clubhouses make you a target any issue goes down
they are going directly to your clubhouse and bringing the heat down on your clubhouse whether
it's a rival whether it's police you know and also like if you are gonna open a clubhouse
don't open it in an area where it's residential and there's a lot of people that will be calling
up the cops every time you have a whole bunch of bikes making noise and stuff like that and
you also gotta if you're gonna have a clubhouse make sure people respect the neighborhood you're
in make sure that the people in your neighborhood feel safe when you're around don't have a bunch of
knuckleheads running around your clubhouse that's not even in your club and they're doing stuff that
falls bad on your club that's why a lot of clubhouses are in you know business areas where
there's a lot of you know warehousing type areas and stuff like that because you know it just makes
it where you don't have to worry about people calling the cops on you and stuff like that vote
and respect the brother's word please when you sit at that table if your brother earned that patch
he might not be you know i get tired of it and i've always defended people that were
the more quiet people like listen if you earned your patch your fully patched member you have
just as much say-so as whoever has the biggest muscles whoever's the best fighter it does not
matter when you sit at that table you earn the right to speak your opinion so stop being quiet
and timid and speak your piece because it could be the life or death of your club let me know in
the comments any experiences you guys have with clubhouses and please share this with anyone that
you feel is making a bad decision by trying to start a clubhouse and thank you for tuning in
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