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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phankins11, post: 2103552, member: 70703&quot;]I&#039;m not sure that&#039;s it. I think the current generation do care, its a matter of what value the club can bring. I think that value is not being communicated enough, no marketing is being done.</p><p><br /></p><p>The older generation, for the most part, (I sincerely apologize if this offends, its not my intent) doesn&#039;t understand Facebook, websites, social media, etc...and they&#039;re not using it. But, that is how this generation gets their information, and when they see a website like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coinstampinc.tripod.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinstampinc.tripod.com/" rel="nofollow">http://coinstampinc.tripod.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They think, this group is dead! You can imagine my surprise when I heard that our club is the biggest in Indiana! Does that web site give you that impression?</p><p><br /></p><p>Guys like me (I hope) can fix that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also think things are just different now. The &quot;club&quot; mentality has gone by the wayside because of many factors in normal life these days. There is a lot more going on after school and work hours and on the weekends. For instance, when I was growing up the sports I played were practiced immediately after school, games were during the week days after school, not on weekends. Extra circular sports were not as popular. That all has changed. Kids are starting sports earlier, which means there&#039;s a need for more coaches. This means parents have to get involved, and when both parents work, that means all this has to be done after hours. Well, if your kid&#039;s practice happens to coincide with a coin club meeting...the club meeting looses.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just one instance, as you know there are many more factors that put pressure on disposable time and income. Especially in these last, what....6 to 7 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think we have to adapt to these changes and change the landscape and definition of the club and what it means to be a member. After all this is the information age and numismatics is nothing but information. Its just that all that information is locked away in old books and the brains of many who are still used to disseminating the information in hard copy books and in person presentations. Don&#039;t get me wrong, hard copy books are still needed, but that method is slow. In person presentations are still needed, but people who would be interested in those presentations can&#039;t be there. We have to get this information to them quicker and in a format that this new generation understands.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also think the information age has had an effect on the club. The club used to be a place to go and learn, but nowadays information is at your finger tips. Social media has somewhat given a crutch to folks who really don&#039;t wan to be social.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, its time for dinner, and luckily my son&#039;s practice was canceled for this evening <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Maybe I&#039;ll work on a new sample website for the club tonight and see what people think about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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