Greetings For the sake of the record, the Bendigo Gliding Club has an annual membership of $78 plus GFA and a monthly levy of $30. The Club has loan commitments which were initially raised to purchase the site at Raywood and more recently to acquire a PW6. The monthly levy evens out our cash flow, making the Club less dependent on the peak soaring season. The Club continues to grow and has attracted members from other Victorian Clubs, particularly people interested in the welcoming club atmosphere, a great x-country site, the economies of $10 winch launching, the best 2-seat training glider in Australia and vintage gliders. But I am biased. Colin C
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:36 AM, David Lawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Tim wrote: > > > One thing I have previously commented on is the fact that we typically > > attract people to join during the summer and then send them a big bill > > for ongoing membership at the end of winter. Those in the southern > > states, who may not yet be fully "locked in" to the sport and who may > > not have flown for some months, may decide that the expense isn't worth > > it and drop out. In Queensland of course, this would be less of an > > issue because of a more even spread in the season. > > Absoulutely spot on Tim, come May each year I have a bill of $450-for GFA > and club membership (This is slightly less than 1 weeks pay for me). > > If both club and GFA had a pay by the month in advance, ie pay your first > year fees then a weekly/fortnightly payment of say $18 fro on going > membership which is always in advance. This would also help even out > cashflow for the organizations. Clubs would need for members to have 2 > accounts, a flying account and membership account. I believe this concept > might go some way towards helping retain new members, as they wouldnt be > suddenly presented with a large bill in a non flying time of year. Telco's > do very nicely as with this method as after a while the person doesnt really > notice the outgoing expense, so is less likely to cancel. As they are still > members if they decide they want to fly after a break then only flying fees > apply, not full blown membership fees. That 1 flight can be enough to kick > the addiction back in, and reactivate a demotivated member. > > > I would like to add that I do very much appreciate the eforts put in by our > current administrators, but the fact has to be faced that despite 20 years > of trying the current system has failed to solve the retention problem. The > State associations are a complete waste of time and money, as for the > current system being democratic, well I laughed out loud at that. It goes > like this-club elects clubs rep, club reps elect state rep, state reps > elects board. If any of these reps decides on their own view or favourite > candidate is the one that should suceed, the individual member has > absolutely no way of changing this until the next AGM, by which time the > system is locked in for another year. > > It's time the State associations were abolished, and a direct election > model brought forth, however its like asking politicians to vote themselves > out of office-never going to happen. <sigh>. > > Regards > > Dave L > > > > ------------------------------ > Click here Search for local singles online @ > Lavalife.<http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D30290&_t=764581033&_r=email_taglines_Search_OCT07&_m=EXT> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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