I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider equivalent to the
1961 VW beetle.
The weather you cannot control.
Tom
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From: Grant Davies <[email protected]>
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 8 July 2011 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia!
On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Being only new to Gliding and seeing and hearing about membership issues
my
>> two bobs worth is the if Gliding isn't in people's faces how do we expect
it
>> to flourish. I look at magazines on flying while in the newsagency and
think
>> if I saw one about Gliding I might have joined Gliding earlier.
>I thought that the numbers showed the GFA didn't have a recruiting
>problem, it had a retention problem.
>Cheers,
>Al
Hhmmmm wish someone would tell the punters in our region that.
We ran an open day last year and that did net a few new members, then we had
our trainer grounded (Blanik) and then it rained and rained and we got
bogged (see attached, line up of bogged vehicles, rather hilarious) and a
lot of those new members dropped off. So yes retention was an issue but it
was more due to weather and lack of an aircraft to keep up momentum.
Attracting more members is always on our agenda and our success seems to be
commensurate with the amount of exposure we get out there by advertising or
turning up to events etc.
We have a grant application in for a new aircraft and will get our Blanik
back in the air ..... soon we hope.
Kindest Regards
Grant Davies
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