Given the nature of the Novices, Lemmings, Newcomers thread and our stated position as a newbie-friendly club and the fact that we've gained at least four new members recently but mostly have remaining trips on our meets list which are "harder" and less suitable for total beginners, I suggest that the 2006 Journal has trips on Mendip perhaps every month which would be suitable for people of most abilities (i.e. straightforward), almost as a regular event - those of us in the club who may get fed up leading such novitiate trips could easily allow the reins to be taken over by a new(ish) member(s) who has/have the ability to oversee/lead such trip(s).
These simple (and perhaps some which are not so simple) trips would enable newcomers to caving to build up their confidence, fitness and stamina and then branch off to take on more challenging trips which could be run in tandem on the club meets list - so each month there would be two trips (as has been the case for 2005) and one is simple whereas the other is challenging; newcomers who are already fit/capable can swap between them as they are deemed suitable.
I would like to think that there are many members who could set aside at least one day during 2006 when they could host/oversee/lead a trip; obvious simple candidates/caves quickly spring to mind but do not require listing here as I wouldn't wish to place anyone in the spotlight for fear of this being confused with external pressure/blackmail!
Also, I see few reasons against the simple expedient of repeating some of the better and more well attended trips which occured this year - if something is popular, it should be repeated; am I wrong on this?
