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Originally Posted by krela  Nice idea, but what happens when every member of your club pays the extra £50 to not do anything...? |
Pay someone to do the work!!! Contractors are always available to do all the work that the minority are doing now. If there is a majority willing to pay more to facilitate the maintainance, then why not.
I do recognise the fact that it would be a crying shame for those who will do the work currently. Why should they pay more when they have and are doing all the work.
I honestly believe it should be put to the membership as a whole as thats what democracy is about. Even then there will be people falling out over costs. "I only shoot 3-6 months a year....why should I pay more".....we all recognise the reasons from either side. Solutions can be found, if people are patient and willing to talk to each other and understand that there must be give and take on both sides.
This begins by those that have time to give recognising that the simple truth is not everyone can afford to give the time due to committments.....should those people who cannot be there Pay more....I think so. It's the only way to balance things out. Time has a value to both sides and the membership should be willing to agree a membership price structure that covers all.
I agree that overall the lack of help when it's needed most, is an unfortunate problem at many clubs. This is a crying shame. On reflection, we should all realise that what we see is indicative of society overall. People honestly struggle to find time for many things in life. We are often guilty of seeing things from our own circumstances and forget that we sometimes need to step away from it to see other peoples viewpoints/lifestyles.
Members at our club sign an agreement when they join which includes helping out at workdays. We have about a 10-15% turnout most workdays out of just over 100....Never seen them all and I'm up there more than most. The turnout says a lot about the majority of archers keeping to agreements??