Beyond lake associations
I also help boards like these
Lake Association Office started with Minnesota lake associations. The same office work — membership lists, dues reminders, newsletters, sponsor tracking, and board summaries — shows up in a lot of volunteer membership groups. If your board runs on dues and email instead of a full-time staff, I can usually help.
Based in the Brainerd Lakes Area. Other Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota groups by arrangement.
Who this page is for
Pick your kind of board. Snowmobile and ATV clubs have their own offer, Outdoor Club Office; everything else is quoted case by case from the same office habits.
Snowmobile and ATV clubs — Outdoor Club Office
Email renewal reminders and roster upkeep (Basic); newsletters, sponsors, and board summaries (Full). Members pay the club directly.
Trail associations
Tiered dues, newsletters, and business supporters — without lake-health reporting.
Sportsmen’s clubs
Annual dues, member cards, monthly meetings, and a newsletter that shouldn’t start from scratch each time.
Property-owner associations
Per-lot dues, annual meetings, budgets, minutes, officer handoffs — without lake data products.
Yacht & marina clubs
Tiered dues, initiation, directories, by-laws, board elections — membership admin, not lake reports.
Civic & booster groups
Dues, officers, recurring meetings, sponsors, and scholarships — the same volunteer-board load.
Snowmobile, ATV and outdoor clubs — Outdoor Club Office
I’m starting Outdoor Club Office to take renewal reminders and member communications off volunteer snowmobile, ATV, trail and sportsmen’s club boards.
- Basic, $49/mo: up to about 250 contacts, a three-email renewal reminder sequence each cycle, and monthly roster updates from the spreadsheet your club sends.
- Full, $99/mo: up to about 750 contacts, plus newsletters, sponsors and business members, and board summaries.
- You tell me who has paid. Members pay the club directly; I never handle club money.
- Trail-grant paperwork help is à la carte, custom quote — not included in a plan.
Trail associations
Tiered dues, newsletters, and business supporters — without lake-health reporting.
Typical association pattern: tiered and lifetime memberships, a member newsletter or monthly e-news, and business members who support the trail.
Sportsmen’s and rod-&-gun clubs
Annual dues, member cards, monthly meetings, and a newsletter the secretary shouldn’t have to rebuild from scratch each time.
Typical club pattern: published dues tiers (youth, adult, family), a monthly or quarterly newsletter, online renewals, members-only documents, and monthly meetings.
Property-owner associations (non-lake)
Per-lot dues, annual meetings, budgets, minutes, and officer handoffs look a lot like lake association office work — without the lake data products.
Typical association pattern: per-lot dues, agendas, minutes, budgets, and newsletters posted for lot owners, plus officer handoffs each year.
Yacht and marina membership clubs
Tiered dues, initiation, directories, by-laws, and board elections — membership admin, not lake association reporting.
Typical club pattern: published dues tiers and initiation, membership applications, a member directory, by-laws, a calendar, and board elections. Sailing and marina clubs that sit on lakes are not lake associations.
Civic and booster groups
Dues, officers, recurring meetings, sponsors, and scholarships — the same volunteer-board admin load.
Typical group pattern: membership levels, a public officer roster, weekly or monthly meetings, sponsors, and scholarship or booster fundraising tracked by volunteers.
What stays the same for every board
You approve every draft before it goes out.
I never handle your money. Dues and donations stay in your accounts.
Member lists are used only for your group’s work. Never sold.
Lake products (Snapshots, bathymetry, AIS lake reports) stay with lake associations. Trail grooming and event-ticket admin stay with your volunteers.
How to start
Tell me what kind of board you are
Reply to Eric at [email protected] or call (218) 656-2055. Tell me how you handle renewals and newsletters today. I’ll say honestly whether Outdoor Club Office, Lake Association Office, or a custom quote fits.