3. A well-established group can become too satisfied with itself
or too tightly knit a social group and thus not very welcoming to
new members.


This may very well be the problem and it takes a very serious look at
yourself to see this and admit it. And it has to come from the top. How long
have the people on the committee been in office? Do they regard it as 'Their
Society'?

How are ideas received by the committee? "Oh we tried that once and it
didn't work" and then when you look back to when it was tried, it clashed
with the Coronation in 1953!!!!!!!!!!

Mike