ORIGINAL: willig10
I am assuming you have a set of officers in place for your new club. If so here are some suggestions to help you guys out.....
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....I believe that all clubs should have a visitors policy and typically it allows non members to fly once or twice a quarter. Any more than that and it is an abuse of the visitation policy. Hence the daily usage box for non members. I believe if they dont want to join but can afford a daily usage fee. Your club can at least get some additional funds from the non club members.
My 2 cents.
Glenn
Have to agree with Glen 100%.
As our club's treasurer, this is something I deal with on a fairly regular basis.
Our field is gated, locked and posted with plenty of signage. We've never had to go as far as involving the authorities, but we have our fair share of members that try to get away with not renewing and still flying.
The best approach is to try to draw them into the fold. If they decide they still want to be a freeloading lone wolf, then they can't fly at your field, period, even if you have to get the police involved.