Our school has clubs – a lot of them. All around the hallways, you can find various posters advertising all sorts of clubs, and many clubs choose to advertise on the morning announcements as well. But what about the clubs that don’t go to those lengths? Some clubs have never put up posters, or have given vague information that makes finding them difficult.

Recently, I came across this issue when trying to decide on a club to cover. Some clubs give plenty of information, but others are basically impossible to find. Even with the introduction of the “Club Hub” outside of the assistant principal office, giving clubs a space to advertise, one issue still arises; it’s opt-in.

This is why our school should have a mandatory, easily-accessible club registry.

Currently, there is no quick way to find information about a certain club. If you want to figure out where to meet with a club, you have to find one of their posters or look through the morning announcements transcript, but this isn’t always foolproof. If clubs forget to give out pieces of information, then people simply cannot find their club — and this has happened. Earlier this year, one club had accidentally forgotten to put the room number they meet in for their advertising announcement, meaning any prospective members wouldn’t know where to go.

This would be another benefit of the club registry. With a club registry, it would be much easier for students looking for new clubs, since all clubs could have a chance to be considered, regardless of the ability or willingness for club members and advisers to create advertisements.

The club registry doesn’t have to be anything fancy. It could simply be a page on the school’s website, listing the names of every club, along with their room numbers, meeting times and advisers. A QR code to the page could be put on the wall with the “Club Hub”. This would be an incredibly simple solution to the problem of hunting down clubs for their information, that would benefit students and clubs alike.