YACHTING NEW ZEALAND CLUB SURVEY 2009

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1 YACHTING NEW ZEALAND CLUB SURVEY 2009 SURVEY RESPONSE Number of surveys issued for completion: 125 Number of completed surveys returned: % of surveys were completed and returned to Yachting New Zealand. Blank survey forms were distributed to affiliated Yacht Clubs in February 2009 with a requested return date of 30 April. To capture a greater response, the deadline was extended and significant work was done by Regional Support Officers to follow up with Clubs. Page 1

2 SECTION ONE: CLUB MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP FIGURES Year Membership Figure Notes ,973 SEM figures were not used I place of unreturned surveys; an estimate of 5000 was used instead ,306 Includes 18 SEM figures used for those clubs that did not return either 2001 or 1999 Surveys ,917 Figures include 92 from responses to the 2003 Survey, 23 from 2001 Survey and 9 from SEM figures ,012 Figures include 97 from responses to the 2005 Surveys, 2 from 2005 WYA Surveys, 18 from 2003 Surveys, 5 from 2001 Surveys and 4 from SEM figures ,016 Figures include 92 from responses to the 2007 Club Survey, 16 from the 2005 Survey and the remaining 11 from SEM figures ,561 Figures include 99 from responses to the 2009 Club Survey, 10 from the 2007 Survey and the remaining 8 from SEM figures. Important Note: Between 1999 and 2005 Survey Question 1.1 was posed as follows. What is your total Club membership? (Include all seniors, juniors and all forms of members) Responses often came with an explanation of how family memberships had been presented within the answer, indicating that respondents were confused about how to deal with family memberships when answering the question. Page 2

3 In 2007 and 2009 Survey Question 1.1 was posed as follows How many individual members do you have at your Club? (Please include here all juniors, youth, adults and senior members) How many family memberships do you have at your Club? (Do you know the number of individuals that you family memberships amount to? If so, how many? ) An average family size of three people was assumed where a Club was not able to provide an accurate number. The same methodology will be used in the future. Membership since Year Page 3

4 Distribution of clubs by membership size in Number of members The dominance of the biggest clubs is apparent in this graph: 8 clubs have more than 1,000 members 9 have members 26 clubs have members 25 have members 45 clubs have less than 100 members (including 18 clubs which have fewer than 30) The median club size is 128 members. The average club size is 280. Page 4

5 Club membership by region Number of members West Coast South Island West Coast North Island Waikato/Thames Southland Otago East Coast North Island Bay of Plenty Canterbury Nelson Region Wellington Region Northland Auckland Region Page 5

6 We asked the following question Over the last 12 months, has your Club s total membership increased, stayed the same or decreased? Of the 99 respondents increase 21% st ayed t he same 43% decrease 36% In 2007, 42% of clubs represented a membership increase, 20% decreased, and 33% said that membership levels stayed the same. Page 6

7 GENDER The gender split is virtually unchanged since In 2009 it sits at 72% male: 28% female Gender Split Male Female 29% 32% 29% 29% 28% 28% 71% 68% 71% 71% 72% 72% There are an estimated 9,400 female club members in Page 7

8 AGE DEMOGRAPHICS Age split in 2009 Adult (19 years and over) 87% Youth (15-19 years) 4.5% Junior (under 15 years) 8.2% The proportion of Junior members (aged under 15 years) has decreased since its peak two years ago, and the proportion of youth members is fewer. Still, 87% of all Club members are aged over 19 years. 79 clubs answered this question. Age Split Adult (19 years +) Youth (15-19 years) Junior (under 15 years) 8% 11% 9.5% 11% 11% 8% 5.5% 5% 17.5% 8.5% 9% 5% 81% 81% 85% 84% 74% 87% Year Page 8

9 SAILING HAVE A GO! Approximately 3,000 children have achieved a sense of capability, leadership and confidence in Sailing Have a Go! in the last calendar year. 23 yacht clubs reported that new junior members were introduced to the club through Yachting New Zealand s Sailing Have a Go! programme. Those Clubs were Gisborne Yacht Club Marsden Yacht & Boat Club Inc Timaru Yacht & Powerboat Club New Plymouth Yacht Club Taipa Sailing Club Queen Charlotte Yacht Club Torbay Sailing Club Manawatu Marine Boating Club Taikata Sailing Club Lake Mahinapua Aquatic Club Heretaunga Boating Club Waitara Boating Club Vauxhall Yacht Club Muritai Yacht Club Royal Akarana Yacht Club Kerikeri Cruising Club Tutukaka Coast Youth Sailing Club Page 9

10 SECTION TWO: CLUB COMMUNICATIONS Question 2.1: Does your club or a key person acting on behalf of the club, have regular access to the internet? Of the 99 Clubs that returned the survey Yes x 93 No x 2 No response x 3 Question 2.2: Does your club have a website or YNZ subsite? Of the 99 Clubs that returned the survey Yes x 69 No x 21 No response x 8 11 clubs indicated that they intend to set up a Yachting New Zealand subsite in the next twelve months. Of those that haven t established a subsite: 11 weren t aware of the offer 4 said it was too restrictive for their needs 30 already have an established website 14 don t have somebody to set up and maintain the site 7 don t see the need for one 3 had other reasons (Some ticked more than one box when answering this question) Question 2.3: Does your club or a key person acting on behalf of the club receive a copy of Briefings Yachting New Zealand s official e-newsletter? Of the 99 clubs that returned the survey Yes x 82 No x 10 No response x 7 Currently 6037 people receive Briefings directly. Page 10

11 Question 2.4: Are you happy with the current content of Briefings? Of the 99 clubs that returned the survey Yes x 75 No x 7 No response x 17 Question 2.5: Are you happy with the current format of Briefings? Of the 99 clubs that returned the survey Yes x 72 No x 4 No response x 13 Question 2.8: In an independent study 81% of yacht club members surveyed indicated that they would like to receive a personal copy of Briefings. Yachting New Zealand guarantees to use any addresses provided for this purpose only, and includes an easy unsubscribe option. Would your Club be willing to provide a list of member s s? Of the 99 clubs that returned the survey Yes x 27 No x 52 No response x 17 Note: Many clubs commented they were not able to provide YNZ with their database details because of privacy requirements. However they were very happy to help promote Briefings through their newsletter and website, and many already encourage their members to receive Briefings direct. Question 2.9: Does your Club send out your own newsletter? Of the 92 clubs that returned the survey Yes x 73 No x 13 No response x 13 Of these, 52 are in electronic ( ) format and 52 are printed. (A number of clubs do both) Page 11

12 Question 2.10: Commodore s Conference has this been relevant to your club and should these be continued by YNZ? Of the 99 clubs that returned the survey, the event was scored as follows 10 Not at all relevant 11 Mildly relevant 33 Neutral 29 Very relevant 14 Extremely relevant Page 12

13 SECTION THREE: YACHTING NEW ZEALAND SERVICES Question 3.1: Please refer to Appendix 1: Key Issues Paper Question 3.2: Please rate the following strategic goal areas of YNZ s work in terms of their relevance to your club. And please rate YNZ s current performance in relation to each of the following 1. To promote and grow participation in sailing as a lifelong sport while enhancing its development at all levels Key Goal 1: Relevance to your Club Not at all Mildly Neut ral Very Ext remely No response Key Goal 1: YNZ Performance Poor Below average Neut ral Good Excellent No response Page 13

14 How does this compare? Key Goal 1 was changed for the new Strategic Plan introduced in 2008/09. In 2007 it was worded as follows: To grow participation and retention in sailing, while enhancing its development at all levels In 2007, 89% of respondents said Key Goal 1 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2009, 84% of respondents said Key Goal 1 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2007, 40% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 1 was Good or Excellent. In 2009, 45% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 1 was Good or Excellent. Page 14

15 2. To safeguard and to advance members interests and rights through effective advocacy, and to grow the value of our service to members Key Goal 2: Relevance to your Club Not at all Mildly Neut ral Very Ext remely No response Key Goal 2: YNZ Performance Poor Below average Neut ral Good Excellent No response How does this compare? In 2007, 63% of respondents said Key Goal 2 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2009, 62% of respondents said Key Goal 2 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2007, 24% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 2 was Good or Excellent. In 2009, 37% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 2 was Good or Excellent. Page 15

16 3. To win medals at the Olympics and other international events Key Goal 3: Relevance to your Club Not at all Mildly Neut ral Very Ext remely No response Key Goal 3: YNZ Performance Poor Below average Neut ral Good Excellent No response How does this compare? In 2007, 31% of respondents said Key Goal 3 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2009, 33% of respondents said Key Goal 3 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2007, 48% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 3 was Good or Excellent. In 2009, 53% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 3 was Good or Excellent. Page 16

17 4. To lift the visibility and funding potential of sailing working closely with media to expand coverage Key Goal 4: Relevance to your Club Not at all Mildly Neut ral Very Ext remely No response Key Goal 4: YNZ Performance Poor Below average Neut ral Good Excellent No response How does this compare? In 2007, 71% of respondents said Key Goal 4 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2009, 70% of respondents said Key Goal 4 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2007, 29% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 4 was Good or Excellent. In 2009, 32% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 4 was Good or Excellent. Page 17

18 5. Through effective, innovative and targeted support to lift the strength and capability of clubs and the number and qualification of volunteers particularly in the areas of judging, umpiring, race management and coaching Key Goal 5: Relevance to your Club Not at all Mildly Neut ral Very Ext remely No response Key Goal 5: YNZ Performance Poor Below average Neut ral Good Excellent No response How does this compare? This is a new goal so was not surveyed in In 2009, 72% of respondents said Key Goal 4 was Very Relevant or Extremely Relevant. In 2009, 36% of respondents said Yachting New Zealand s performance in relation to Key Goal 4 was Good or Excellent. Page 18

19 Question 3.4: Overall would you say Yachting New Zealand s performance in the past two years has improved, remained the same or deteriorated YNZ's Overall Performance 80% 70% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 28% 39% 27% 55% 59% 50% % 10% 0% 14% 11% 11% 12% 8% 9% 3% 2% 2% Improved Stayed the same Deteriorated No response Question 3.5: Overall are you expectations of Yachting New Zealand s services currently exceeded, met or not met Club expections of YNZ performance 80% 70% 71% 71% 68% 65% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 24% 20% 21% 20% 14% 10% 11% 8% 1% 0% 1% 1% Exceeded Met Not Met No response Page 19

20 SECTION FOUR: LEARN TO SAIL Question 4.1: Does your Club run formal Learn-to-Sail courses? The graph below indicates the number of Clubs that indicated yes. How many Clubs run Learn-to-Sail? Number of Clubs Junior Dinghy Junior Keelboat Adult Dinghy Adult Keelboat Question 4.3: How many Yachting New Zealand qualified Instructors does your club regularly use to run your Learn-to-Sail programme? How many Club Instructors does your Club use? Between 10 & 15 6 Between 5 & 9 8 Five 3 Four 7 Three 9 Two 14 One 8 None 7 No response 37 Club Response Page 20

21 Question 4.4: Do you pay these Instructors? 26% said yes (18 clubs of the 68 that answered this question) 71% said no (45 clubs of the 68 that answered this question) Question 4.5: Do you have any coaches working with your racing sailors on a regular basis? 50% said yes (36 clubs of the 72 that answered this question) 50% said no (36 clubs of the 72 that answered this question) Page 21

22 SECTION FIVE: RISK MANAGEMENT Question 5.1: Is your Club aware of Yachting New Zealand s Club Safety & Responsibilities Guide? 85% said yes (74 clubs of the 87 that answered this question) 15% said no (13 clubs of the 87 that answered this question) Question 5.2: Does your Club have a risk management plan in place? 79% said yes (73 clubs of the 89 that answered this question) 21% said no (16 clubs of the 89 that answered this question) Question 5.3: Is this plan in written form? Of those Clubs which have a risk management plan in place 84% have the plan in written form 16% do not have the plan in written form Page 22

23 Question 5.4: How frequently is your plan reviewed? How often is your plan reviewed? Number of clubs Every six months Every year Every 2 years Other Question 5.5: How many safety/patrol boats does your Club own? How many safety/patrol boats does your club own? Number of clubs to or more Number of boats Page 23

24 SECTION SIX: PERSONNEL/VOLUNTEERS Does your club have any paid staff other than Instructors? 30% of clubs said yes (25 clubs of the 83 that answered this question) 70% clubs said no (58 clubs of the 83 that answered this question) 26 clubs employ part time staff, and 13 clubs employ full time staff. Staff employed full time by yacht clubs Number of staff Staff employed part time by yacht clubs Number of staff Page 24

25 Approximately how many volunteers work for your Club each season? Club response indicated that nationwide over 2630 people are volunteering their time to assist with the running of our affiliated yacht clubs. As the graph below indicates just over half of the Clubs that responded have 20 or fewer volunteers working at their Club. Around 18 affiliated Yacht Clubs have over 50 volunteers supporting the Club, and six have more than 100. Number of Volunteers Volunteer Numbers Page 25