A couple of suggestions
Posted: 18 Jan 2019, 10:23
Hi all,
Would be good to start using the forum to ping ideas around / suggest things to other committees imo.
A couple that I’ve been thinking about recently:
We could have a regular open training session (maybe once a month?) where anyone can turn up - I notice that Stonewall do this every week. Would probably need to be full or half pitch (rather than 1/4 which we have now), maybe with different sessions happening at the same time, depending on numbers (we’ve got 4 or 5 coaches now though I think so we’d manage - also good experience for them to take their own sessions)? Would be good to get some new (local?) talent in & competition for places. Would be up to Men’s 1st Team committee to put to Geoff/coaches I suppose.
Bit of a more controversial one possibly: Asking/making players & staff join as members - would be good to know that they are invested in the club as members and understand the values of the club. Might also help them feel more involved in decision making - could join committees if they wanted. Given that most (all?) players at this level would usually pay subs to play and ours don’t, I think £5 once a year (or more if they want) isn’t too much to ask? Alternatively I think I’m right in saying that in the past players were automatically members (albeit a different ‘class’ with different rights which we obviously don’t have any more) so we could suggest that instead? i.e. that registered players are automatically made members without having to pay. Don’t know which committee would deal with this, maybe for board to discuss? Would probably need a proposal brought at some point if a rule change would be required.
Thoughts on both/either?
Would be good to start using the forum to ping ideas around / suggest things to other committees imo.
A couple that I’ve been thinking about recently:
We could have a regular open training session (maybe once a month?) where anyone can turn up - I notice that Stonewall do this every week. Would probably need to be full or half pitch (rather than 1/4 which we have now), maybe with different sessions happening at the same time, depending on numbers (we’ve got 4 or 5 coaches now though I think so we’d manage - also good experience for them to take their own sessions)? Would be good to get some new (local?) talent in & competition for places. Would be up to Men’s 1st Team committee to put to Geoff/coaches I suppose.
Bit of a more controversial one possibly: Asking/making players & staff join as members - would be good to know that they are invested in the club as members and understand the values of the club. Might also help them feel more involved in decision making - could join committees if they wanted. Given that most (all?) players at this level would usually pay subs to play and ours don’t, I think £5 once a year (or more if they want) isn’t too much to ask? Alternatively I think I’m right in saying that in the past players were automatically members (albeit a different ‘class’ with different rights which we obviously don’t have any more) so we could suggest that instead? i.e. that registered players are automatically made members without having to pay. Don’t know which committee would deal with this, maybe for board to discuss? Would probably need a proposal brought at some point if a rule change would be required.
Thoughts on both/either?