Martin, if you feel the way you do, then why bother posting? If you were really interested, then where is your positive input on the subject. It's posts like these that add to the lack of enthusiasm for people to turn up and for reps to organise them. We have had a variety of different activities arrange over the years, but the lack of support means that us reps are not willing to put money up front for activities if people are not going to show up. If you wish to improve things then how about suggesting something to the reps, it's not like they are unapproachable or unwilling to listen to the ideas and suggestions of others. Ele and myself have been planning something for later on this year which would be a larger scale meet but at the moment it's in the purely speculative stages.
Again you fail to see what the club is about, where they have been meets with cruises involved there have been issues with illegal activity and safety of all those present. Plus the lack of welcome to all those who attend. Cruises appeal to some people, not all and I'd doubt we'd get some of the older members showing to a cruise. We have had meets at Jap North East when they were at the Stadium of Light, yet they still had a poor turn out and some attending were made to feel unwelcome.