Learning program for adults incentive

[joe1234]

yes that is a good point although most of the guys who came last year were younger and didn't have kids old enough. We figured that we would lose more guys if we did it later as it would cut into their schedule for the evening

maybe try later and see how many guys come... if its a disaster just switch back for week 2, if it works keep it.

[Young explorer]

Maybe make the start time a little later to accommodate the fathers who need to learn with their boys at avos ubonim. I’m pretty sure last year it overlapped.

I disagree, I think it was a nice thing for fathers who didn't have appropriate age children to stay and learn with in their own shul, some things are allowed to be targeted to a specific age, and people in the same stage of life. AND it still gave enough time to be able to go out afterwards without the night being over.

[lcm]

I'm glad you know that just because you think white is nice, other people might disagree and want to exchange it.

Oops, meant to be *quite

[yshad]

I disagree, I think it was a nice thing for fathers who didn't have appropriate age children to stay and learn with in their own shul, some things are allowed to be targeted to a specific age, and people in the same stage of life. AND it still gave enough time to be able to go out afterwards without the night being over.

username checks out, unless you mean that your kids are already married 

[mevinyavin]

Oops, meant to be *quite

No worries, I knew that and so did everyone else. 

@herb - By our programs when we need more flexibility, we set the seder for the entire period and require learning a certain amount of it. (Ex: Seder Motzei Yom Kippur from 8-11PM, for 1.5 hours.)
You can start it early and extend it till late, but require learning only part of the time to qualify for the raffle / refreshments.
The chisaron is if you are starting out with a small crowd, the kol Torah is less during any particular tekufa. But if you expect more people to show up, each at their own time of convenience, it shouldn't be a problem.

[Moshe Green]

No worries, I knew that and so did everyone else. 

@herb - By our programs when we need more flexibility, we set the seder for the entire period and require learning a certain amount of it. (Ex: Seder Motzei Yom Kippur from 8-11PM, for 1.5 hours.)
You can start it early and extend it till late, but require learning only part of the time to qualify for the raffle / refreshments.
The chisaron is if you are starting out with a small crowd, the kol Torah is less during any particular tekufa. But if you expect more people to show up, each at their own time of convenience, it shouldn't be a problem.

Once we are all sharing our Shul's learning programs
Our shul does not offer incentives for adults learning but they do always have coffee, ice cold drinks, and food.
On Friday night there will always be hot kugel or chulent, Erev Pesach will be a bagel spread, etc. etc.

[Young explorer]

username checks out, unless you mean that your kids are already married 

not quite yet (as far as I'm aware) 😃, I meant that it's targeting more to recently married guys or ones that have very young kids