Club Duties - How many?

   I will be at a meeting later this week, and I need to raise one issue with regards to club duties. I'd like to be able to back this up with some numbers, namely how many duties (rescue boat/Race Officer/bar) would you guys expect to do at a member-run sailing club?
We have about 650 members, who are supposed to volunteer to do duties, and only sail (organised events) April-November, with - on average - two racing days per week.
I've had a look through some club websites, and it seems to be typical to do four duties per year... I think that I did 15 duties in 2008  

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Captain Morgan Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 03 Sep 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 211	Post Options Post Reply Quote Captain Morgan Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Club Duties - How many? Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:19pm
	I will be at a meeting later this week, and I need to raise one issue with regards to club duties. I'd like to be able to back this up with some numbers, namely how many duties (rescue boat/Race Officer/bar) would you guys expect to do at a member-run sailing club? We have about 650 members, who are supposed to volunteer to do duties, and only sail (organised events) April-November, with - on average - two racing days per week. I've had a look through some club websites, and it seems to be typical to do four duties per year... I think that I did 15 duties in 2008

Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:28pm
	It varies between 1 and 4 at our club as official duties, but some people will always end up filling in more if others don't show. But 15? That would be most of my club sailing weekends...
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Merlinboy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Jul 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3169	Post Options Post Reply Quote Merlinboy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:30pm
	At Tewkesbury i do 1 race office and 2 bar At bowmoor, you can pay a fee to be excluded from the duties.

The Moo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Jun 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 809	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Moo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:31pm
	I belong to a small club on a small water with less than 100 members. We sail Sunday through the year and Saturday PM Spring through Autumn and Wednesdays in the Summer. Our duty officers probably do around 6 a year. Duty Committees probably 8. Race officers might do slightly less It is quite a committment, but at the recruiting stage we tell prospective members what to expect and why it is so. It doesn't appear to be a barrier to recruiting and we are certainly not plagued with no shows. We have a rota manager who schedules duties approx 6 weeks in advance and it's down to individuals to arrange swaps when required. generally works well. I love my Club but I think I might wince a bit at 15 given that I do other stuff for the Club as a committee member!

Graham T Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 09 Apr 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote Graham T Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:32pm
	Two duties per year but we do generally only club race on Sundays. Having said that if you are at the club most of the time then you do end up doing more to cover the no shows.......
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Guest Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 21 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guest Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:33pm
	At Whitstable we do 1 duty, ROD, recorder or rescue boat. But open meetings are manned in addition to this so most of the more active/better sailors do an additional 1 or 2 to help with opens and nationals. Then we have a smaller group who do loads more and without whome the club would struggle to function.

Captain Morgan Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 03 Sep 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 211	Post Options Post Reply Quote Captain Morgan Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:36pm
	I have to admit that I do sail as much as I can, and 15 duties includes 2 bar duties, plus 2 voluntary stand-ins. But regular racers do seem to end up doing about 10 safety boat duties. I just thought that it would be useful to know how this compares to other clubs with fairly intense racing (owing to the short season).

Mikey 14778 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 05 Feb 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 298	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mikey 14778 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:43pm
	We have about 650 members and we do one duty every 8 months (ish). Plus any open meeting duties that your fleet(s) drag you into. But this is only a race officer duty - we don't have to do canteen, bar or safety boat. If we had to do those things I guess we'd be doing a lot more.
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jlecou Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 01 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Post Options Post Reply Quote jlecou Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:53pm
	At Aldenham SC all members do 1.5 to 2 duties per year for the Sunday series March to Dec (ODD + three support/rescue). In addition there is a 10 sunday winter series which is manned by the participants - one duty each. And a 20 night wednesday evening series again manned by the participants. Open meetings and a couple of other special days are done by class captains & volunteers...
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jlecou Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 01 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Post Options Post Reply Quote jlecou Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 09 at 1:55pm
	Forgot to add that we now use DutyMan to co-ordinate the OOD rota which seems to be a success! See www.dutyman.biz/ Edited by jlecou
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