I will have to put my 10 cents in here.

It is really important for the club to have people turn up to meetings.  We have the meetings to get people involved and meet others, it is the mid week social event.  It is a good opportunity for leaders to meet people and get an understanding of where people are at and their abilities and be able to make decisions about the type of trip to take.  There is nothing like meeting people face to face.  You can make it clear what is expected of them and they can get an idea of what it is about.  I am not sure that we want to become the first online university tramping club in New Zealand.  We could do virtual tramping? Tramping is clearly reality and a sharp reality sometimes.

I am not sure what sort of outdoor activates happen in Sydney? But many of our tramping trips (if not all) are fairly committing where once you are on a trip there are often no easy ways to take out someone who isn’t coping.  Obviously rock climbing is different where someone not coping can sit in the corner or the car.

If can maintain our emphasis on people showing up to meetings it could work as a tool for us.  But if it becomes a tool so that people can skip meetings (plan your tour of NZ online) then that wouldn’t.  Like Richard says, the crustys who can’t make meetings will be in contact, they are well stitched into the club anyway.