The South Australian Gliding Association, as part of its 2009 AGM, held
its club development meet at Waikerie on August 15.
The format was arranged by SA RDO Ann Philcox, and Maurice Little GFA
Chair Dev Cmmttee attended and led the discussion topics.
Representatives for most clubs in the region participated (only some
distant clubs didn't have representatives there).
I would suggest that the format is worthwhile in regions across
Australia (as I understand is intended, such as the NSWGA Presidents'
meeting)
South Australia at present has 2 clubs which meets the assessed minimum
strength requirement (35 members+) to do all the jobs envisaged need to
be done to
- retain existing members
- maximise positive response to the club by public looking at the sport.
Circulars were handed out seeking information flow back to the RDO on
what clubs are doing, with queries on why not do some of the suggested
things.
The knowledge about what to do is somewhat limited, being applicable to
those clubs with the resource depth noted above.
South Australia has a majority of clubs with single digit membership
numbers.
Not only is there a question of someone/anyone to do the wide array of
tasks; but that those members are the ones who have already done their
stint previously. The concern is that should they do another stint,
grow the club membership, then to only have the club lose members as
soon as they retire a second time from doing all the work.
We are therefore a long way from a cohesive program of arresting the
decline in the sport's numbers.
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