Why Get Involved with MoTAS?

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At our September meeting, I asked the members present why they got involved with the Men of TAS. A fair number got involved for the service component — being in MoTAS provides and easy and fun way to do service and support the TAS Community. We cook, we build, we clean, we provide support (both physical and financial). Contributions of both time and funds come back to the congregation, and a lesser extent, the membership.

However, service wasn’t the primary reason that most people got involved and stay involved. It was the people — the men — of MoTAS. MoTAS provides a group of reasonable size that permits you to get to know others in the congregation. Unlike the cohort of parents in the Religious School who are bound together by their children, the Men of TAS come together because we like each other. Yes, we have a speaker at our meeting. The bulk of the meeting, however, is seeing our friends.

If you are a man in the congregation — whatever age — we invite you to come to a meeting. Get to know the men who are active in the congregation, across all age ranges. We count on you for the continuity of MoTAS.

Overwhelmed by Shabbabaque – We Want To Make It Right

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The following will appear in this week’s MoTAS weekly, as well as being worked into a congregational message:

Wow! What a Shabbabaque! On Friday, August 21st, MoTAS (in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary Committee) hosted our 50th anniversary Shabbabaque. Attendance was amazing – with an extremely large number of last minute walk-ups at the door. We did our best to accommodate everyone, but some food items unfortunately ran out early (we based our purchases on the RSVPs by the Wednesday deadline plus volunteers and an allowance for typical late registrations and walkups). In our long string of successful Shabbabaques, this has very rarely happened. MoTAS wants participants in its events to walk away with a good feeling – if you left dissatisfied, please let us know and we will do what we can to make things right (including a refund, if appropriate). To do so, contact the MoTAS President, Daniel Faigin, at president@tasnorthridge-motas.org or the Treasurer, Roger Lowe, at treasurer@tasnorthridge.motas.org or 818-576-8980. Pictures will be on the TAS website shortly.

Our goal is to constantly improve our Shabbabaques — we can always make them better. To that end, we would love your comments on what worked well about the Shabbabaque (pluses), and where we can improve (deltas). We already know to order more food J . You can leave a comment on the event page at http://shab-bbq.tasnorthridge-motas.org/, or send an email with your pluses/deltas to president@tasnorthridge-motas.org. You can also comment on this post.