this club as 250+ members the second largest and second oldest (a matter of 2 years) archery club in the state. what goes on there gets known quickly throughout the state's archery community. we have to consider it's impact on the community with every move we make. that's the problem with a large well known club. people assume they set the pace and benchmark about activities and political issues and watch what their every move. word of happenings get around as fast as wild fire and smaller clubs model their operation around what the larger clubs do, so the impact of a large club's actions get known statewide quickly. it's very important hat a club's Board consider the impact their actions will have on the community, every time something is planned or voted on. people are always watching and many of those people watch to see if they can disrupt the activity of the club, because the activity is one that they don't particularly like or care about. you'd be surprised how many people are out there trying to shut down activities of all kinds just because they don't happen to be involved with the activity.