On 2014-08-21 09:14:20 +0000, Dave Martin said:

Why must every glider pilot be forced to become a cross country
soaring and racing pilot.

Telling everyone they should be doing 300 km flights is equally as
silly as forbidding them to go more than 5 miles from the field.

Find known good landout sites every 10 miles or so around the field,
document them, program them into the GPSs in the club ships, take
people to see them from the ground, hold "away" days at any big enough
for towing out of and with a friendly landowner.

And when a novice starting to spread her wings actually lands in one,
CONGRATULATE HER on her good decision not to try to get home at all
costs.