...thinking about why the number of people currently having this priority is shrinking. Basically I see it as two distinct categories of efforts; "new blood" and "fighting attrition"
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<br>Many factors like beach acess, organizational support, etc etc have effects on both efforts, some, like "starter boats" and "ongoing costs" and "Critical Mass" effect one more than the other. We're trying to butts remedies to as many of these as possible and get people working on them, and, again in my opinion, BEFORE the Boomer echo generation gets away from us.
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<br>Ed
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