The data that I found most striking in the report are the number of memberships, broadly gone up 60% over the past decade, against the number of organised events, which is broadly the same as ten years ago. What has increased is the number of permanent and DIY rides. So a lot more km, but not very sociable ones!
That to me is very indicative of a "vocational crisis" in organisers. A lot of new members but not enough new organisers to keep up with the demand. The net result is that the very few TLC events get full in days when not hours. I think AUK should invest in helping organisers, otherwise fast forward another ten years and it will be mostly perms and DIY, which would be a bit sad.
I, for one, would like to organise an event, but I wouldn't know where to start and wouldn't want to put money upfront and then have 10 people showing up on the day