Kevin B (RPS Coach) Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Folks, we have only two people helping out on this day. We need more! Please take a couple of hours to give back to the club and Salem Sound Coast Watch this Saturday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I am not trying to be controversial but I am wondering how this helps the club. If it was seen how it helps the club, people might be more willing to donate their time. Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin B (RPS Coach) Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 It helps the club just as REI Demo Day helped the club: member recruitment and free advertising. We have a booth just like for Demo Day and everyone who comes to the event is interested in water sports. It is held where we hold our Friday night practice sessions and gives us a presence in the heart of the North Shore. We are also mentioned and pictured in all of the Coast Watch's advertisements in re this event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glil Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 It's also for a good cause to protect and improve the water quality in an area that many of us paddle in. Gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 So you see this as a recruitment vehicle to increase the membership. I never really saw REI demo days that way but more as a service to the beginning paddling community - a way to get them started safely and give them a point in the right direction. The club started helping REI at their demo days as REI used to let the board hold their meetings upstairs in their classroom area - rough space but it made it easy for the meetings. They also used to give out the safety brochures that NSPN (Liz et al) developed - one for rec boaters and one for ocean/touring. But, back to the Salem Swim... I don't really know much about it, just that you were looking for people to help be safety boaters. As someone who may volunteer (as other readers may too)for this or other things, I was just curious about how this helps the club... I have seen that "help the club" terminology used lately and wondered how volunteering at a swim would be helping the club. As a club member, I might be more interested in volunteering if I could see either how the club would benefit or how I would benefit. Gay's explanation of the event being one to protect and promote clean water in our local waters is one that I could understand better than increasing the membership. Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Millar Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Thank you, Suz, for asking for some clarification, and to Gay for providing some ecological reasons. I've seen this "give back to the club that gives so much to you etc" a good bit lately. I tend to think, in my individualistic ignorance, that this line of reasoning serves to incite guilt and not participation. As for recruitment etc: I know membership numbers are down but isn't it the paddling and not the numbers out there doing so that counts? Just a few simple thoughts. If the waters get roiled, look to the tide and the wind. Deb M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin B (RPS Coach) Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 >Thank you, Suz, for asking for some clarification, and to >Gay for providing some ecological reasons. I Deb, This is the text of an email I sent out to quite a few people, including you and Bob. I guess you must have missed it: "Hey All, Does anyone want to help out NSPN and the Salem Sound Coast Watch? We need kayak spotters for the morning session on the 28th in Salem and kayak "instructors" for the afternoon. We could really use the help and it's a great way contribute to the protection of the environment. Please let me know as soon as you can if you can help out. (also need one or two people for the NSPN table!) Cheers, Kevin" Environment is front and center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillian Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I think we were more surprised because we had a great turn out last year in volunteering - generally increasing membership means that we can assist new kayakers with the same great foundation that you mentioned for the REI Demo Day - one way we can get the word out to new kayakers is through events like this. I thought Salem Coast Watch was kind of obvious with regards to the purpose of helping our environment, but you're rigt, perhaps we should have pointed that out - maybe that would have gotten more volunteer work? Thanks so much for the folks who have volunteered this weekend so far and I'm sorry I can't make this weekend to help out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin B (RPS Coach) Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Suz, In my original post, I included a link to Salem Sound Coast Watch so people could educate themselves. Unfortunately, one the drawbacks of the no edit function is that the original information isn't always included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Millar Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Ummm. First it's a membership drive. Now it's to the help the environment. Perhaps by Saturday things will become clearer. Deb M/Bob C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin B (RPS Coach) Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 >Perhaps by Saturday things will become clearer. > Ooooh, a mystery! If anyone wants to find out the real motive, then come on down to Salem Swim Fin on Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaila_27 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I will be able to help out in the morning. Shaila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanne Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Kevin, I'll plan on being there and while I'm always happy to help the environment and I'm happy to help the club, I'm really doing it because I did it last year and it was fun. Last year there was a good turn out and that always helps make it more fun. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruguru Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Kev, I never received your email either, and alas, I'm busy tomorrow. Maybe next year. Ern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glil Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Not to "beat a dead horse" on this topic, but there was a recent fatality at a triathalon in Cohasset. 4 swimmers needed to be "rescued" and 3 of those were transported to hospitals. Gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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