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Richie N
28-01-2009, 17:29
just curious, how many members in your branch??
Richie.
Woz
28-01-2009, 17:35
Ummmmmm at the last count (from the email list) 450.
Richie N
28-01-2009, 17:41
wow, that will take some beating...
Adrian Kelland
28-01-2009, 17:42
wow, that will take some beating...
You beat your members?

50ish. Diving, now thats another question.
Ian@1904
28-01-2009, 17:48
Small but perfectly formed
Richie N
28-01-2009, 17:49
its part of the initiation - they pay and we beat them, it sorts out the weaklings.
Gareth
28-01-2009, 18:26
We have just over 50 members at the moment. The number is a bit low at the moment, however, we are due a new intake of potential divers.

Our numbers do go up and down, 50 is generally as low as the membership gets. We have been up above 80, however, this was with a large number of trainees, & in a more prosperous economic enviroment.

Gareth
St Ives (Cambs) SAC, 0833
Edward
28-01-2009, 18:58
About 5 or 6, but we all go diving; sometimes when we shouldn't (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7850436.stm), I wasn't there.

Edward
Richard Whitcombe
28-01-2009, 19:00
Paying members: 70
Number we see on a club night: 10-12
Number that actually go diving:- 6-8
Richie N
28-01-2009, 22:44
About 5 or 6, but we all go diving; sometimes when we shouldn't (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7850436.stm), I wasn't there.

Edward

Only 5 or 6?? How can you exist as a club that small??, or is this a temporary blip in membership perhaps - anyway, great clip of a full rescue, conditions looks very nasty but I hope all ended well.
Rich.
Edward
29-01-2009, 07:43
Only 5 or 6?? How can you exist as a club that small??, or is this a temporary blip in membership perhaps - anyway, great clip of a full rescue, conditions looks very nasty but I hope all ended well.
Rich.

We must have done over a 1,000 dives last year, plus ran the South Scotland Training sessions most months.

Only a weight-belt lost, plenty of embarrassment of those involved - its re-enforced you are never to experienced to learn.

I'd called-off the training session the week before because of the likelihood of similar conditions.

Regards

Edward
Ian@1904
29-01-2009, 08:11
Only 5 or 6?? How can you exist as a club that small??, or is this a temporary blip in membership perhaps - anyway, great clip of a full rescue, conditions looks very nasty but I hope all ended well.
Rich.Very straightforward. No politics. Easy to check where the club kit is. Last AGM took about 30 minutes, committee posts sorted in under 5 minutes. I think half the time was spent discussing who was arranging a trip to Gibraltar, and who was organising the christmas bash.
We have a fully fledged training centre, compressor, 4 sets of almost brand new SCUBA kit, and two active instructors. Most recruits are PADI trained, and understand the financial pain.

Hopefully the numbers will build up to 10 this year, but we might have to split at the point;)
allen
02-02-2009, 19:45
Common issue!

Paying members: 100
Number we see on a club night: 20-30
Number that actually go diving:- 8-10 winter (unless training, when 10-15)
20-30 summer (unless abroad!)

Allen
Fred
02-02-2009, 20:13
Only 5 or 6?? How can you exist as a club that small??,
Rich.

Quality not quantity
Odin
03-02-2009, 08:31
I was in a small branch - 8 members.
Politics reared its ugly head...
I left and joined a branch with more members.

The old branch is now down to 3 members... and they still cannot agree! (or go diving!)

Paul
Edward
03-09-2009, 06:26
Thread Closed, just being Spammed.

Edward