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crosby mafia
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Topic: Corona Virus - subscription renewals Posted: 24 Mar 20 at 9:28pm |
My home club is a resident club at a Council owned water sports centre, which in line with other council leisure centres are now locked down. Our club AGM should have been last Wednesday, but we took the hard view to postpone it. So we haven't agreed our club fees for 2020/21, that's going to be hard. We have a learn to sail waiting list, for the first time in ages, but who'd join a club which isn't open. Even I, as club President can't pay my fees coz we haven't decided them yet !!
My other summer club on the North Welsh coast, I've paid my full fees and its closed. Can't go to service the big boats engine and play, because of the travel restrictions
Edited by crosby mafia - 24 Mar 20 at 9:30pm |
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ian.r.mcdonald
Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Mar 20 at 5:45pm |
This floating 25% are often the ones dodging duties and being less involved in the club anyway. My view is that having a club with finances based on the "real" members might have to be more careful on spending but will be nicer. Most clubs have dropped the old fashioned joining fee, desperate to get these floaters. How about all the clubs in an area getting together and reintroducing the joining fee and perhaps having a better chance of keeping the drifters and maybe showing them the advantage of involvment? |
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Paramedic
Really should get out more Joined: 27 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 929 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Mar 20 at 3:45pm |
It'll be the floating members that we lose. The trouble is they are a signifiant source of many club's income.
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Gordon 1430
Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 Jun 17 Location: Lee on Solent Online Status: Offline Posts: 310 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 24 Mar 20 at 3:04pm |
Already paid mine and want club to be there when this is over. |
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maxibuddah
Really should get out more Joined: 06 Mar 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1760 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Mar 20 at 8:20am |
I've paid mine not to sail, but then thats little different to any other year, I rarely get out on the water these days. I would want to help support the club by paying my subs but I'm lucky that I'm able to work from home at the moment and getting paid. If though I had lost my job, etc and sailing was a luxury then I may be forced to think otherwise, but it would be reluctantly as I was forced to.
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Sam.Spoons
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Mar 20 at 1:02am |
It's not entirely surprising, I have been a member of my club for 66 years on and off (on for 5 years, off for 57 and on again for the last 3 ½ )
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
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zeon
Far too distracted from work Joined: 20 Aug 16 Online Status: Offline Posts: 316 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Mar 20 at 12:07am |
The comments on this thread are so heart warming . It’s so lovely to know people love their clubs and what their clubs does for them as much as I do .
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Sam.Spoons
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 11:34pm |
My club have just advised that all on the water activity is now banned at the request of the local public health office. I have my Blaze at home so can do some much needed work on it but had not planned to sail for the moment as we are staying at home, partly because me and Mrs Spoons are both at higher risk and partly because minimising social contact makes sense to slow the spread of C19.
My subs are paid for this year and while not being able to sail is a bit of a bummer I'll try my best to make good use of the time in other activities.
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
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The Moo
Really should get out more Joined: 01 Jun 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 807 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 8:34pm |
We are in a very fortunate position where we can pay our subs in full on the due date and will do so. I recognise that others may not be so lucky. I would therefore hope that all Clubs including ours can be flexible about the collection of payments by either deferral or installments where required. We need to discourage people from resigning.
For some the boat parking space will be the leverage to renew as they have nowhere at home to keep their boat and I guess the 2nd hand market has all but collapsed? |
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423zero
Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Online Posts: 3406 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Mar 20 at 5:03pm |
That's where I get all my boats from
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