Cordele...hello?

I can't speak for the CD or staff at Cordele, but I have done quite a bit of volunteering in the past, so...

Never once in my volunteerism were there too many volunteers. In fact, most always there aren't enough, leading to those that are "double dipping" to the point where they eventually burn out and disappear.

Perhaps there aren't enough volunteers there. Perhaps someone was tasked with it but for any number of reasons didn't show up. Perhaps the CD has a life outside of RAS or the internet in general and doesn't see the importance.. Lucky them?

I absolutely agree that those of us who couldn't attend would like to know what those that did are doing, but flogging them repeatedly serves no purpose but to generate more "burn out" from current volunteers and cements for some potential volunteers why they don't. Being the subject of internet beotching for free on my vacation? Who'd sign up for that?

I agree with what Frank mentioned above. SSA.org is great, but it reaches a fairly closed community - those already committed to the sport. We really should be promulgating as much as we can on social media as well. We all know interest and participation in this sport is declining - it has been for years. If we want to attract new and young participants, we need to go where they are - social media.

We can all post pictures and videos of our soaring experiences to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. It's all very easy from your smartphone and might just encourage someone to visit their local field for a ride.