Been a member of the local club for about 5 months - there every weekend - someday soon I should have a plane to fly. Club is very small with one instructional pilot and no current students. No lines behind the IP - good deal. Only IP available - not so good.
Now I have some things to consider when I have a plane and am ready for some instruction.
Have an idea that may be somewhat scary to some but I think it may be worth considering. You know that relatively new pilot that you consider to be a capable pilot? Use them as supervised instructors. Chances are he is proud of his new skill and would like to show it off a bit (could be scary) as well as share it. This is also good for a supervised instructor because it forces him truly think about what is happening (going to happen) and why, and it reinforces the training he has received. The reason I bring this up is for work I did a fair amount of training and would often send the new guy out with the last trainee. Recieved good reports from both sides - 'he told me a bunch of stuff that no one else had' and 'now I know why you told me this was the best way of ...'
Just an idea anyhow.