> I am looking for some ideas for our club.  I have been with the local
 >   R/C club for about a year and they do not have very many activities.
 >   They have an air show once a year and a fun fly but that is it.  Does
 >   anybody have any ideas on activities that everyone from the beginners
 >   to the more advance can participate in?
 > 
 >   We had Club 20 races once in Nov 94 and then the cages were damaged
 >   and have never been repaired.  Our club has about 40 active members
 >   and that number is going down.  There just are not enough "happenings"
 >   going on to keep new members interested in the club.  It seems like a
 >   few of the older pilots just want to fly and that is it.
 > 
 >   I volunteered to do the club newsletter and try to make it a little
 >   more exciting.  The monthly club meetings have a turn out of about 10
 >   members.  I cannot attend since I work second shift and we have the
 >   meeting at 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday of each month.  Are there any
 >   clubs that have there meetings on Sat. or Sun.?  How are the turn outs
 >   then?
 > 
 >   Does anyone have examples/copies of there newsletters I could use to
 >   get ideas for ours???  I have tried to make it a little funny, little
 >   serious and informative all at the same time.
 > 
 >   It seems like our biggest problem is that new members do not have one
 >   or two experienced pilots that want to be instructors.  The new member
 >   will crash his plane and then say heck with this...  I cannot afford
 >   to crash my plane every time I try to fly.  I have been lucky so far
 >   and if there is not one or two pilots at the air field when I go out
 >   there that will help me put my plane in the air I do not fly.  I have
 >   got frustrated a few times myself and wanted to quite.....
 > 
 >   Any ideas, comments, suggestions will be greatly appreciated...
 > 
 >   Ken >
 
Ken,
     You are not alone.  Club activities need the support of the membership 
before they work and from the sounds of it, you may not have the support 
needed.  The first thing you need to do is determine the attitude of the 
membership.  Could it be that they want to do things but nobody wants to 
head it up?  The same guys always organize it and they are tired of it?
     If there are those willing to help but simply need a leader, then there
are a lot of activities you can do.  Fun Fly's, Club Class Pylon Racing, 
Mall shows, Adopt a School, and more.  Even simply organizing a group to go 
to Camden would work.  It's just like kids at play, "well, what do you want 
to do?  I don't know, what do you want to do?"   So make a decision, take 
the lead, and anyone who complains?  Ask them to offer their ideas for 
activities.  You may just get an assistant out of it.
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