Yip...it is AGM time again.
Gliding NZ holds it's AGM in Wellington.
Held over 2 days to allow time for Sailplane Racing, Club Presidents and others to meet and talk on the Saturday and the actual AGM to be held Sunday morning.
It feels a bit like a "Union" meeting with delegates and voting and procedures but rules and history dictates...
However the stand-out hour was a presentation on how to address declining membership.
As I have mentioned on here before declining membership of gliding clubs is equally matched by declining membership in many sports. The day I spent with SportNZ attested to this.
However it could be argued that we (Gliding in NZ) don't have too much of a challenge enticing people through the front door ...the problem is shortly afterwards they exit out the back door ...usually just after they have gone "solo".
A survey carried out by our friends in the Northern Hemisphere of 3000 pilots suggested that the reason pilots stay involved in the sport is X-country flying...and maybe by extension contests. It's not because it gives you a reason to wear a silly floppy white hat...
There was much much more in this presentation but a condensed version is due in the SoaringNZ mag...so perhaps we should wait for that.
The Field-days beckon...apparently farmers are expected to be spending up bigtime...so I will be seeking out the most expensive short black on offer (coffee that is)...
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