I don't like using this forum for Club business much, but sending a group email has proved to be unreliable and I have a couple of things to say.
Club trips. These are pretty good as they are and would be even better if I could ever attend! I realise that having to work every Sunday puts me in a minority of one. However, I would like the Club to get interested in caving in the Dales although this would perhaps take more committment than is present at the moment. Apart from needing three or four days away proficiency at SRT is really necessary nowadays, which means spending a couple of hundred quid on the kit. On the other hand, we have several proficient members, plenty of rope between us, an excellent training facility in Gough's Cave, and our training officer, Andy S. who has been teaching SRT for years, plus others who can teach the basics.
Social events. Cap'n Chris has gone over the top, but does have a point. We are a small caving club dedicated to caving and we don't want it to become dominated by social events. Caving-related events, fine. An annual dinner, fine. But if people want to play skittles and the like they should organise such events themselves and not expect the club to pay and possibly make a loss due to apathy. Such things are not a proper use of club funds.