Update on Review of Sailing Activities at the Club

Report by Ian Renilson, February 2009

As I hope most people are aware by now, a consultation process is being held to improve participation at all club events – principally sailing, since we are a sailing club. This report follows on from the last which can be seen here

This is proceeding well – we have now had 2 meetings and are collating data from a questionnaire that was circulated with membership renewal notices. To date 84 survey returns have been received (see summary below). There is also an ongoing discussion on the internet at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DalgetyBaySC/ - please register and join-in the discussions (a summary of the latest comments is given below).

The latest step in the consultation process was a meeting held on Saturday 31^st January to review the findings of the surveys, and help guide the planning for the 2009 season.

This was attended by 25 people from a wide cross-section of sailing members, and the Summary of Survey returns was used to guide the debate.

Discussions were interesting and wide-ranging, and the general theme was:

·         Develop more Training, focussed to the needs of the members

·         Increase social activities linked with sailing to provide a more enjoyable overall experience

·         Introduce ‘special events’ and link these to socialising

·         Develop a generally more ‘clubby’ atmosphere

·         Try sailing all-day with separate morning and afternoon series

The issues from the Survey Returns were divided into 2 categories:

A.     Basic Proposals – new proposed ideas, which were all favoured to various degrees

B.      More Contentious Issues – changes to the existing set-up, which were more hotly contested

Please contact Ian Renilson (IanR@sunrise-engineering.com) if you have any questions

Linked with Sarasota Sailing Squadron, Florida

Dalgety Bay Sailing Club, The Wynd, Dalgety Bay, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 9SJ
Tel: 01383 - 822778
E-Mail info@dalgetybaysc.org