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Re: Question to all the other train clubs
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Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:50:25 GMT
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Several people have already offered advice, and they are no doubt more
experienced, but maybe I can offer a newcomer’s view.
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Our train club is stagnating. Hardly anyone shows up to our building
sessions, and productivity has dropped to almost nothing. We’ve lost
direction, we’ve lost enthusiasm, we’ve lost committment.
Help?!
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If some of your members have lost interest in the club, lose interest in them in
turn. Let them live their own life. There’s probably plenty more people out
there to find and include. Also see if perhaps their’s something personal
that’s drawing their attention away. Sometimes they slack off in the club
because of personal problems. Also, make sure that perhaps there isn’t one
person sucking the fun out of the rest of it.
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What can our club do to make things fun again? I’m sick of asking and
asking for people to actually show up and get stuff done. And the few of us
that actually try to get things built are sick of being the only people doing
the work, especially since our club is known for its talented builders.
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Like other’s have said, you can’t force people to volunteer. Not sure what to
tell you here, other than take only shows you can handle with the people that
are active, and don’t try to cover for others.
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I’m just about ready to walk away for a long hiatus... There was a time when
we were one of the premier LTCs in the country, but now a LOT of groups have
long passed what we’re doing. We’re basically becoming a second-tier club.
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I’ve never taken a real break from the hobby, though I do often take a week or
so and don’t shuffle bricks. I’ll play computer games for that week, and then
I’ll be itching to get back to building. I would say also, that the only way to
be a first-rate club is for the individuals comprising it to WANT to push the
limits. For example, in MichLUG, their were once three members with massive
yards, one of them with complete landscaping and full automation. Seeing that,
I’ve been trying ever since to make something even better, somehow. Not to best
them, but to try to just go farther and be just as good.
Just my two cents. Hth, and good luck.
-Stefan-
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| Our train club is stagnating. Hardly anyone shows up to our building sessions, and productivity has dropped to almost nothing. We've lost direction, we've lost enthusiasm, we've lost committment. Help?! What can our club do to make things fun again? (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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