KK> >   I will give your advice here a try and see what happens.  Since I am
KK> >   one of the "new guys" and am still trying to learn how to fly there 
s
KK> >   not too many idea's I can come up with for the new pilots.  I would
KK> >   love to fly a Club 20 race, a pilion race, etc, but I do not have the
KK>What you may have to do is see if the older pilots will provide the advice
KK>and wisdom if you offer to do the labor.  Let them know you want to learn
KK>how to do these things so the club can have more of them.  That should get
KK>their cooperation for a couple of events so you can learn then take over.
KK>Ideas are limited only by imagination and the willingness of someone to 
ry
KK>it.
  I have done this....  Since I do the newsletter every month I put in
  an additional comment "from the publisher" providing suggestions and
  ideas to get more individuals involved.  I have even gone to my sons
  school and showed what was first to be just his class and turned out
  to be the whole school a few of my planes.  I ran them around the
  track and talked with the kids.  I handed out flyers advertising the
  club and all.  I even went as far as to make out rules and guidelines
  for different types of contest...  The idea for the contest was
  brought up at a meeting and it was decided to wait until the next,
  then the next, and so forth.....  I have asked for there advice, even
  there help trying to get more members involved...  WE JUST WANT TO FLY
  is the attitude I get...
KK>Hard to say why.  Perhaps just bluntly asking the question "does anyone 
give
KK>a hoot about having any club activities such as fun flies?"  The core 
sounds
KK>small and they may not have accepted the idea that you are a permanent
KK>member.  They see the same group year after year and others that come and 
go
KK>and figure many of you will go soon.  They may not realize that they are
KK>part of the reason.  Some hard questions may have to be asked of these 
guys.
  Without getting them all pissed at me I have done as much as I can.  I
  already do a newsletter for a local BBS, newsletter for work and then
  I volunteered to do the one for the R/C Club...  If they can't figure
  out that I "want" to be a permanent member by know then I don't know
  what else I can do.  I wanted to be one of the officer's but working
  second shift makes that hard to do...
KK> >   Just guess it makes me feel like why should I even fly planes when 
he
KK> >   local club will not give me any support.  I could switch to cars and
KK> >   go any where and drive them around.  Guess it boils down to that I
KK> >   have always wanted to fly them...  Now I just need a big open field
KK> >   out my back door so I can fly there......
KK>Let them know how you feel.  Sound like they're in a rut and need someone 
to
KK>get them out because they don't know they're even in it.
  I have talked with several of the pilots about leaving the club.  I
  even went as far as to try to sell some of my planes.  There were
  several that said then that they did not want me to go but I feel that
  was more for the sake that they would then have to find someone else
  to do the newsletter...
 Ken >
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