The flying clubs around my area are primarly made up of us old timers. When we all die off there won't be many clubs left. So I think we need to try to attract younger people into the hobby. Another problem I have seen first hand was club members chasing away new prospective flyers by being rude or indifferent to them at the field. Remember what they say about first impressions? The other thing is some club members not willing to help a new person at the field. I have overheard conversations like I'm not cutting into my flying time just to teach him how to fly, someone else can do that. These are just acouple of the things that I have noticed in the recent years while visiting some of the local clubs and attending their events. I myself, fly at a public field and have been a flight instructor for over 15 years and I do take the time to help people out when they need it.