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References: Club Roles, Governance Structure, and Branding

  1. Governance - Wikipedia - Explains how organizations distribute authority and decision-making across roles, the general concept behind the leader, mentor, and advisory-committee structure this chapter defines.

  2. Trademark - Wikipedia - Covers how names, logos, and symbols gain legal protection as brand identifiers, relevant to this chapter's guidance on naming and registering a club identity.

  3. Brand - Wikipedia - Overview of how an organization's name, logo, and reputation combine into a recognizable identity, the foundation for this chapter's branding and logo-design guidance.

  4. Designing Brand Identity (5th Edition) - Alina Wheeler - Wiley - Wheeler is widely credited with the standard five-phase brand identity process taught in design and marketing courses, the framework behind this chapter's step-by-step approach to naming and logo design.

  5. Nonprofit Management 101 - Darian Rodriguez Heyman (Editor) - Jossey-Bass - A widely used field guide compiling practitioner chapters on roles, governance, and advisory structures for small nonprofits and volunteer organizations, the model this chapter adapts for a coding club's leadership team.

  6. Structure, Committees, and Meetings - BoardSource - Explains the difference between a governing board and an advisory committee, clarifying the non-voting advisory-committee role this chapter recommends for a small club.

  7. Trademark basics - United States Patent and Trademark Office - The federal government's own primer on what a trademark protects and how registration works, grounding this chapter's brief coverage of trademark and branding basics.

  8. Insurance Basics for Nonprofits - Nonprofit Risk Management Center - A plain-language rundown of general liability, property, and volunteer-related coverage a small organization should consider, supporting this chapter's insurance-considerations section.

  9. Meeting Rooms Q&A - American Library Association - Explains the policies libraries use to grant community groups meeting-room access, the kind of venue agreement many coding clubs must negotiate to register with a host site.

  10. Board Member Roles and Responsibilities - BoardSource - Defines the distinct duties of officers and members on a small governing or advisory body, supporting this chapter's breakdown of mentor, parent, and coordinator roles.