P3D club dynamics

["Richard M. Koolish" <koolish@xxxxxxx>]

I belong to a number of clubs, a 3D club, a rowing club, an astronomy club, a
photographic history club, a small boat club, etc.  It is absolutely true and
truly amazing that you can have a club of 300 members or more and only a couple
of people who will step forward to do the work to keep it going.  In clubs with
elected officers, the nominating committee often has to drag people kicking and
screaming into the elected positions, especially for positions that require
some work, like secretary, membership secretary or treasurer.  Even if a club
has strong leadership now, that changes instantly when even one of the active
people decides to scale back his/her participation.  The fortunate thing is
that the bare minimum to keep things going is a meeting place, a mailing list,
and something to talk about.


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