Hi all;-
I am the President (and only remaining member) of the Cincinnati C-Shell Club. (or the CCC, as we call it. Our shows are quite exclusive. No-one shows up except me. I am not responsible for the decline of any local shell populations, since all we got hereabouts are a few zebra snails that hitch rides up the Ohio River. Controvery is limited. Shell trips depend on where my designated wife wants to go each summer. (Montana is out)
I always wanted to be president of something.
Pres Art
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---- Debbie Freeman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Happy Holidays All,
>
> The Englewood, Fl. shell club is not declining. For the past three
> years we have been averaging 100 members. What is declining in our
> club is the scientific interest, and helpful club members. Most of
> our members are into shell crafts, and while I think it is important
> to offer crafts as part of the club activities I am disappointed that
> there are not more members involved in our study group.
> We are an active club, but getting members to lend a hand is
> painful! Most would rather not do any of the work that is needed to
> keep activities or interests going. ESC has one local trip per month,
> as well as a 4 to 7 day shelling trip per season, a monthly study
> group, an outreach program that targets the schools, a crafts group
> that meets each month, and we set up booths promoting all of this at
> local fairs. We have an old web site managed by a non-shelling person
> that I have been working hard to get updated, I began writing our
> newsletter three years ago, and the local press is quick to cover the
> club activities.
> As president it is nearly a full time job to keep all of these
> things organized and running smoothly. For me it is not so much burn
> out as it is frustration. It is always the same few hard workers
> lending a hand. I feel the interest in hobby shelling is definitely
> there, but shell clubs need more than an interest to stay on the map.
>
> Debbie
> ESC president, three years running
>
> On Dec 19, 2005, at 8:12 AM, Paul Callomon wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Are shell clubs in decline? Anecdotal evidence tends to suggest so.
> > I have yet to talk to a fellow club president here in the USA who
> > does not lament falling membership and gradual natural attrition.
> > Recruiting new members seems a particular problem, and one has to
> > wonder whether this is because clubs aren't reaching people or
> > because the kind of young person who would join a shell club is no
> > longer to be found.
> > There are any number of theories about this, but it might not hurt
> > to air a few more. So: is there a problem? And if so, can it be
> > solved?
> >
> > PC.
> >
> > Paul Callomon
> > Collections Manager
> > Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
> > Department of Malacology
> > Academy of Natural Sciences
> > 1900 Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
> > Tel 215-405-5096
> > Fax 215-299-1170
> > Secretary, American Malacological Society
> > On the web at www.malacological.org
> >
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