The tour night has been held on Thursdays for so long that changing the night would be a Large change. A while back I went through the info on how members heard about DMS, and 42% of members came from a personal refferal. So having members that don’t know about the change sending people on Thursdays if the day is change, would up the chances of possible new members getting the locked out no one willing to help first impression of DMS which tends to happen to non-members coming to classes.
Also, Stan and Katie are the members that give tours consistently every week. They should be the decision makers on this subject as they do the work. Changing the job that some members already do is a Large change, because we are volunteers and can’t just assign the job to another member and expect them to take it on. They have to want to do the job and we have two members that want and / or just do the job.
I like Stan’s idea of honorarium for giving tours. It might not make me give tours more, but I’ve met many members that it would excite into giving tours. Stan’s point about the kiosks is also a important one. Once we get over about 6 people trying to take a tour, the kiosks drag everything to a halt. Kids tend to get through them in under 4 or 5 minutes, but middle aged to elderly adults can take upwards of 10 to 15 minutes to fill out one form. We need more Kiosks, probably at least 2.
PR helping to get more kiosks, would help more than changing the night of open house.