Gareth Gilson — Non-Profit and Youth Sports Advisory Practical advisory for volunteer-run organizations in British Columbia. Financial controls, officials development, volunteer management, member retention, and AGMs. 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z https://garethgilson.ca/ Gareth Gilson hello@garethgilson.ca Your registration numbers are fine. Your club is still shrinking. 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z https://garethgilson.ca/blog/registration-is-fine-club-is-shrinking/ If you recruit a hundred and forty families and lose a hundred and twenty, you have not grown. You have spent a season standing still. The zamboni doors 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z https://garethgilson.ca/notes/the-zamboni-doors/ A teenage hockey team waited for a door to click shut before stepping on the ice, and nobody made them. Most fraud in volunteer organizations is not clever 2026-09-08T00:00:00Z https://garethgilson.ca/blog/most-fraud-is-not-clever/ It is almost never an elaborate scheme. It is one trusted person, access nobody questioned, and a long enough period of time.