Dan, Another thing I've noticed to improve flyin attendance: there's a fatigue factor involved. When group activity and flyins are new, lots of people come. When it's an established thing and you've been to a number of them, even the "participators" get tired and just come once in a while. It becomes something that's not "worth" the extra effort.
Just before I left Iowa, it seemed we might need to cut back from monthly flyins and go to just 2-4 flyins a year. We were doing flyins all around the state, asking people to volunteer to invite us to come to some airport in their area. Sometimes we'd just have lunch at a restaurant near the field, once it was a tour of an airplane model making factory, once a historical tourist trap place, etc. The more desirable locations got better attendance. Note that Iowa is maybe less than half the size of California at about 200x300 miles. Ed -----Original Message----- From: Dan Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:04 AM To: Ed Burkhead Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: EOC Hi Ed, Thank you very much for the kind words. It means a great deal to me to hear those words coming from you. I'm also open to hearing any ideas you have about how to increase interest, attendance, or membership. Happy new Year and Best Regards, Dan Hall N3968H @ CNO in SoCal
