There are no inline clubs in my area. Any advice on how to start a new club?
Sure. 1) Establish a skating community in your area by organizing informal group skates and establishing a discussion group, 2) advertise by using the Internet and putting up posters at inline skate retailers, community centers and recreational centers, 3) decide whether your club will cater to the entire inline skating spectrum (rec, fit, social, speed, aggressive, hockey artistic, etc.) or focus on just a segment, 4) put together a proposal for a new club and distribute it to people in the skating community, 5) propose a club government structure and constitution or set of rules, 6) make sure your club board (or executive or whatever you decide to call your club government) has lots of bodies to spread out the work, bring different viewpoints to the table, and to act as multiple backups if people drop out, get sick, or become too busy to volunteer, 7) hold a meeting to make it official, 8) set modest goals and focus on participation and growing the club first, and finally 9) get othe
