[modelman]

I am a lifetime member of a national boating organization that is having the same problem. they are frantically searching for ways to increase participation just like these forums. But-like it or not-the world has changed. Young people, and some of there parents, these days do not want to go outside and do anything. They have there computers, ipads, iphones, cellphones or whatever-texting and tweeting and facebooking or other reasons to sit on there butts and do nothing. I don't get it-I don,t understand it but it doesn't matter. that's the way it is and it's not gonna change. R/C model folks, either construction or boats or tanks or cars or whatever are very small groups but the dedicated ones will keep there hobby alive but it probably will never be big again. Welcome to the new world.