Run a poll, then turn it into an event

From Polls, write a question and list the options. Keep the question short; it's the line members see on the club page and in the email. Two options is the minimum and there's no real maximum, though a poll with fifteen choices tends to split the vote into noise.

The deadline is optional but useful: it closes voting on its own, so a poll can't drift for a month. Underneath it, Email members the result decides whether confirming a winner sends everyone the outcome. Turn that on for anything people are actually waiting to hear.

The poll's own page has the button that sends it to your members, and it works exactly once per poll. Before you press it, make sure the options are final: there's no second send to correct a typo. The confirmation tells you how many members it reached.

Open polls appear right on the club's page, and members vote there. One vote each, and voting again while the poll is open simply changes their answer, so nobody has to get it right the first time. Only active members can vote, which keeps a poll from being brigaded by people who aren't actually in the club.

You pick the winner. That's not a bug: votes inform, organizers decide, and sometimes the runner-up is the one the venue can actually hold. Confirming closes the poll and pins the winning option to your club page. From there, Create event from result opens the normal new-event form already filled in with the winner's name and a note that the club chose it.