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My club is doing well and growing but our set up is not great for socializing. I think it would be nice if there were a few more excuses for people to hang out after flying to further build friendships.
We just moved from another airport that had no good club house or club space other than the hangar. We have an office / clubhouse now but it is pretty basic. When we are done putting all the aircraft away people mostly split and go home. I think if we had a few more features it would help make the club more family friendly and more social. I was thinking some picnic tables, chairs, bean bag toss game/"cornhole", horse shoe toss etc. A pool might be nice but not in the budget. What works well at other clubs? Any kids stuff work well? Chris |
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Beer and peanuts.
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On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 12:26:02 PM UTC-5, wrote:
My club is doing well and growing but our set up is not great for socializing. I think it would be nice if there were a few more excuses for people to hang out after flying to further build friendships. We just moved from another airport that had no good club house or club space other than the hangar. We have an office / clubhouse now but it is pretty basic. When we are done putting all the aircraft away people mostly split and go home. I think if we had a few more features it would help make the club more family friendly and more social. I was thinking some picnic tables, chairs, bean bag toss game/"cornhole", horse shoe toss etc. A pool might be nice but not in the budget. What works well at other clubs? Any kids stuff work well? Chris At harris hill we have a club picnic once per month year round. picnic is a loose term, as at least 1/3 of these events take place inside. as it happens, one of them is a banquet. i think having many social events is a great way to get it started and make connections. at our club sometimes people have informal bring your own meet/drinks picnics during the summer. an email gets put out usually the day of or something, and it's another chance at a social setting. we also dedicated full on instruction on wednesday evenings which usually has two towplanes, 3-4 gliders, and goes until sunset. often times they'll make 25-30 flights. there's always a ton of people around, and the vibe is social since there's usually a line to get instruction. you do also have to find a way to make it a place families want to come and hang out. but once you get some friends ships started amongst non pilot spouses, and kids alot takes care of itself as long as you have many gatherings. appoint a social events officer maybe? |
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On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 1:19:56 PM UTC-5, ND wrote:
On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 12:26:02 PM UTC-5, wrote: My club is doing well and growing but our set up is not great for socializing. I think it would be nice if there were a few more excuses for people to hang out after flying to further build friendships. We just moved from another airport that had no good club house or club space other than the hangar. We have an office / clubhouse now but it is pretty basic. When we are done putting all the aircraft away people mostly split and go home. I think if we had a few more features it would help make the club more family friendly and more social. I was thinking some picnic tables, chairs, bean bag toss game/"cornhole", horse shoe toss etc. A pool might be nice but not in the budget. What works well at other clubs? Any kids stuff work well? Chris At harris hill we have a club picnic once per month year round. picnic is a loose term, as at least 1/3 of these events take place inside. as it happens, one of them is a banquet. i think having many social events is a great way to get it started and make connections. at our club sometimes people have informal bring your own meet/drinks picnics during the summer. an email gets put out usually the day of or something, and it's another chance at a social setting. we also dedicated full on instruction on wednesday evenings which usually has two towplanes, 3-4 gliders, and goes until sunset. often times they'll make 25-30 flights. there's always a ton of people around, and the vibe is social since there's usually a line to get instruction. you do also have to find a way to make it a place families want to come and hang out. but once you get some friends ships started amongst non pilot spouses, and kids alot takes care of itself as long as you have many gatherings. appoint a social events officer maybe? jesus my spelling and grammar sucked. its friday afternoon in the office, deal with it..... |
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On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 9:26:02 AM UTC-8, wrote:
My club is doing well and growing but our set up is not great for socializing. I think it would be nice if there were a few more excuses for people to hang out after flying to further build friendships. We just moved from another airport that had no good club house or club space other than the hangar. We have an office / clubhouse now but it is pretty basic. When we are done putting all the aircraft away people mostly split and go home. I think if we had a few more features it would help make the club more family friendly and more social. I was thinking some picnic tables, chairs, bean bag toss game/"cornhole", horse shoe toss etc. A pool might be nice but not in the budget. What works well at other clubs? Any kids stuff work well? Chris Air conditioning. Clean bathrooms with showers. A full kitchen and indoor/outdoor dining areas. Onsite accommodation. Cold beer available in the club house doesn't hurt! Just spent 3 weeks at a club with the above that has expanded operations considerably in the last year. Jim |
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Food, booze. Ladies drink free, men pay triple. You do have decide who you want sticking around, pilots, or pilots + family. Kids can amuse themselves anywhere, only trick is keeping the moms happy. If the moms want to be there the kids have no choice. Free booze, clean bathroom. Same marketing the world has used forever, something shiny to attract women so men follow. And Wifi some people can't survive long without suckling on their izombie devices.
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Jim, you forgot the kangeroos!
Hope to get down there again one of these days... |
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On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 10:46:37 AM UTC-8, DaTruth wrote:
Ladies drink free, men pay triple. Just like in real life. Food and drink are the social lubricants, but must have a comfortable ambiance for the ladies to stay. |
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![]() On 12/9/2016 11:18 AM, wrote: Beer and peanuts. ....And a brass pole. Winter's almost here... -- Dan, 5J |
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On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 12:26:02 PM UTC-5, wrote:
My club is doing well and growing but our set up is not great for socializing. I think it would be nice if there were a few more excuses for people to hang out after flying to further build friendships. We just moved from another airport that had no good club house or club space other than the hangar. We have an office / clubhouse now but it is pretty basic. When we are done putting all the aircraft away people mostly split and go home. I think if we had a few more features it would help make the club more family friendly and more social. I was thinking some picnic tables, chairs, bean bag toss game/"cornhole", horse shoe toss etc. A pool might be nice but not in the budget. What works well at other clubs? Any kids stuff work well? Chris When we started our operation almost 40 years ago, I asked my mentor, an old timer who had been in the sport since the thirties, what the most important things were to making a go of it. He had a one word answer- Picnics. We have simple burgers and dogs picnics once a month in the hangar after flying. Everybody brings something to put on the table. We always have 50 or 60 people and we see a lot of the wives. The juniors have their own group and table and commonly now man the grill. Sometimes we'll do a theme, like Chili night. A swing set is nice if there are enough of the right age youngsters. Having a grill in the hangar makes it easy to have a few people stick around after flying and do an impromptu meal. Drinks in a refrigerator lube the system also. Not fancy but it helps with the sense of being part of the group. FWIW UH |
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