Bewl Valley

Thanks caveman. Sounds a bit like Greece!
I thought the VC's letter was excellent - eloquent and pragmatic.

It's not cynical, it's just a personal view on what I want out of my sailing. On here are others I know whom if a large stretch of water or open sea were the only option, then they too would probably up their cadence in favour of changing the type of sailing they do. I respect that. There's also nothing 'wrong' with duties and involvement- but it's not for me, not right now, and quite possibly not in the future either. My free time is too precious and I'm not giving up time with my family to scrub bogs and serve tea and cake. They are things I'm happy to contribute and pay for- if a club member wants the gig for a little extra cash then great, he or she should be given first dibs...

Thanks Caveman - sounds like it's a former committee error losing touch with their members, and has nothing to do with the Landlord / fat cat capitalist pig.

All well and good, but 160,000 p.a. for one building in a shared environment is still ludicrous and certainly not a commercially sound rent, nor probably have the rates been negotiated in line with current assumptions that rates were overly high due to the peak of the rateable values 'bubble' of 2007-8 yr in the South East.

Edited by Woodburner - 25 Jun 15 at 9:37am

Originally posted by Woodburner All well and good, but 160,000 p.a. for one building in a shared environment is still ludicrous and certainly not a commercially sound rent, nor probably have the rates been negotiated in line with current assumptions that rates were overly high due to the peak of the rateable values 'bubble' of 2007-8 yr in the South East. Cavemans post makes sense and follows the trend in almost all of sailing from the RYA and it's previously all volunteer committees down. Once we enter the territory of jobsworths, we get 9-5 service and a reluctance from the rest of us to do what clubs have to do to be successful. I keep reiterating it to our lot, 'Club' means a group of people 'clubbing' together for their own mutual enjoyment, it doesn't mean some taking whilst others constantly give. Never the less that is always the way, but at least if nobody is paid then the resentment doesn't quite have the same grounds. There was a mass exodus of the Solo fleet from Bewl recently, it would be interesting to hear the politics of that, anyone got any intel they'd be permitted to broadcast from the Solo forum without risking being shot or worse?

Originally posted by Woodburner  I keep reiterating it to our lot, 'Club' means a group of people 'clubbing' together for their own mutual enjoyment, it doesn't mean some taking whilst others constantly give. Never the less that is always the way, but at least if nobody is paid then the resentment doesn't quite have the same grounds.