FMCA to allow Towables Owners to join
Got an email, a little bit ago. Towables Owners can now join. They won't be accepting applications until the paperwork is finished. I'm ambivalent about it. It will change the whole character of th...
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Earl E wrote:
Fact is, most of these types of clubs and organizations are losing members. It's just us old folks (I'm 78) who are into this type of thing. Young people are now into other types of things. Old line churches, Lions, VFW, local RV groups, FMCA, Escapees are all losing members. Personally, just allowing us trailer folks to join ins't going to save FMCA. I love our local RV group, but fact is nobody under 65 or 70 has joined in the last several years. The "old" folks speak of rallies of 25 or 30 rigs, now we are lucky to have 10 or 12. Why not just accept the fact that this type of group is a dying breed?
This. Sort of related, I am a member of my town's volunteer fire department, and it is a struggle to get new people. Even just 20 years ago there was a waiting list for people wanting to join - now, people are amazed that "you don't get paid for that?".
Not sure exactly what to do.
