For those of you that belong to a hiking club you might be able to give our club some advice.
Our PA hiking club is small (150 - 200 members) and is very loosely organized - no rules, no structure, one self appointed leader who oversees everything. We usually get 20 - 30 people out for our hikes and some of these hikes are shuttle hikes. About once a year we do some relatively easy, non-AT trail maintenance and provide some AT trail magic. We also have two social events.
Several of our members attended the ATC convention this summer and came back with information that we should really become incorporated for the legal safety of everyone in the group. We have looked into incorporation but were wondering if there might be other options that would also protect us as a group.
We'd really like to know what your group did to protect themselves and any advice you might be able to give to us.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this. Looking forward to your input.