Mind the gap

   Already happened on the other side of the Channel - one of the main roles of the professionals being to set up the event so that the volunteers that do still exist (race officials and their helpers) have every thing they need to work.

But then the French pay local taxes and expect councils to run things correctly, including employing staff to run sailing centres.

The downside - mpossible to translate "club racing" in to words that a French sailor would understand. 

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gordon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Sep 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1037	Post Options Post Reply Quote gordon Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Mind the gap Posted: 26 Jul 13 at 8:28pm
	Already happened on the other side of the Channel - one of the main roles of the professionals being to set up the event so that the volunteers that do still exist (race officials and their helpers) have every thing they need to work. But then the French pay local taxes and expect councils to run things correctly, including employing staff to run sailing centres. The downside - mpossible to translate "club racing" in to words that a French sailor would understand.
	Gordon

sargesail Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 14 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1459	Post Options Post Reply Quote sargesail Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jul 13 at 8:22pm
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2547 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1151	Post Options Post Reply Quote 2547 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jul 13 at 8:20pm
	I was pondering that perhaps one of the challenge the sport faces is we are in the gap between moving from a volunteer based administration to a professional one that needs to be funded. At both a club and a association level I have observed less & less people willing to volunteer to run stuff these days as peoples lifestyles seem to get ever more hectic ... that means either stuff gets dropped or that work load falls onto the broad shoulders of the remaining volunteers. In the interim it seems that those unwilling to volunteer have not yet got to the point where they are willing to fund professional sports administrators to do what they are not prepared to do as volunteers. Are we in a generation where this transition will occur?