Recruiting confidence

Starting a nonprofit is complicated. There are so many different pieces I need to coordinate in order to do this. One piece is hiring the tax attorney. Well, I can't hire a tax attorney without the funds to pay him. In order to get the funds to pay an attorney, I am working on getting donations from friends, family and community members through Facebook and my fundraising website at: http://www.youcaring.com/fundraiser_details?url=educationforrefugeesandimmigrants&fundraiser_id=4219. I need to apply for grants to get resources to start my English language programs. Well, in order to apply for grants, I need to get register my nonprofit... So, that brings me back to raising money to pay for an attorney!

 One of the first things I need to create for The Education Center for Refugees and Immigrants is my board of directors. According to NYS, the minimum number of board numbers that I need are 3. I have one person that is interested in being on my board. This leaves two more people to serve on my board.  I am not sure about who to ask.  Books that I have read about starting a nonprofit say that I should select people with different strengths in order to grow and succeed. There are a few different nonprofit/business networking meetings I am going to this month, but I need to make progress on this before these meetings. Once again, I tell myself, "slow and steady wins the race." There is no rush and it is important to have good board members in order to help my organization be successful.

I need to be able to show potential board members that I have what it takes to make the The Education Center succeed. I need to show that I have thought about what I am doing and that I have a good idea and plan. I have my business plan written out and feel confident about it.  I just need to show people who I am.