If no one volunteers to help, don’t be discouraged. You can still do it on your own and get people excited about a social committee.

Some questions to ask management include whether you can use work hours for meetings, whether the company will offer funds for the committee to use, and what types of events management is comfortable with you planning. [1] X Research source

Inquire about how to expense purchases made by the committee if your company is offering to reimburse you.

Plan to limit the meeting to 30 minutes, regardless of when it is. One way to keep people interested in your committee is to respect their time.

Make sure there’s a chair in the room for everyone who will be there. [3] X Research source

Make sure the email goes out to all departments so that no one feels left out. [4] X Research source

Include your email so that someone in another department knows how to reach you. Double check with a manager or HR to make sure it’s ok to hang fliers in the office.

Try setting up a quarterly membership change. Every three months, the non-leadership members rotate out to allow new ones in. Make sure each rotation group has people from a few different departments.

Include important things like what was voted on and who agreed to certain tasks. Avoid just writing down what everyone is saying. For example, write down when someone motions for committee funds to be spent on a going-away party for a coworker. Then write down how many votes were in favor, and how many were against it.

Don’t assume you’ll be the chair just because you started the committee. Submit your name for consideration, but be gracious if someone else is voted into the position.

Be open to suggestions from other committee members. They may have different ideas of what kinds of things you should be planning. For big differences in ideology, ask your manager if there’s a direction they’d prefer you take the committee in.

To fundraise, you could do the traditional bake sale or car wash, or try something like raffling off skills. A photographer in the group could offer updated headshots in exchange for a donation. [7] X Research source

For example, say something like, “We’re always looking for new perspectives and ideas, so join us at our next meeting!”