costs of skeet?

I agree guys - there is a lot involved in having a good / well run club ....and the politics behind some of the poorly run ones gets pretty entertaining....

Most clubs in my area ( including the one I belong to ) / do very little long term planning - and really don't operate as a "business" vs just trying to be "a place for the members to hang out and shoot" ...and I think its too bad.

Most boards of directors - are in place in name only - and only a few of the more vocal members really run the operation - good or bad.

There is a lot of competition for the entertainment dollar - and if it gets too high - people quit showing up. But if the club doesn't create the environment - financially - and in other ways - quality, friendly, etc - where they can thrive - they'll dry up and blow away.

Watching the costs of everything - and setting your prices so the club has contingency funds - and pay for the maintenance, insurance, utilities, etc is a really big deal. Most boards of directors don't have the courage to run it like a business - and its too bad.
 
That's were we are now, we are getting big enough were things are starting to get more involved. And switching to a more bussiness like environment isn't going over well with everyone. But it has to be done or we'll be another lost gun club.
 
When I lived out West, sporting clays and 5-stand were starting to come into their own - the local club was made up of mostly trap and skeet folks who did not want to give up one of their fields to this "new" game. We fought, got the 5-stand put in, then a sporting clays area. Over the next 10-15 years, the club was throwing over 300,000 sporting clays targets and ab out 100,000 trap/skeet.

Then the board of directors shifted yet again and the trap/skeet guys took over, ousted the manager who made the growth possible and said they only cared about trap and skeet - the other was too much "bother". I hate to think what might be happening to what was once a nice local club with attitudes like that.........
 
A lot of clubs are having a hard time transitioning from a "good ole boy" environment --- to a "business environment" ...

Its usually a problem because they know that hiring people, etc - and they know it might cost them more money / and/or they'll have to start following safety rules, etc ....
 
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BigJimp said:
A lot of clubs are having a hard time transitioning from a "good ole boy" environment --- to a "business environment" ...
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Ours is - see my earlier thread in the "Lock and Load" section. We've added a hundred or so new members in the last year, so it's becoming interesting...
 
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