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423zero
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Topic: Club changing rooms ... are they open? Posted: 25 Aug 20 at 6:34pm |
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Sussex Lad
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Aug 20 at 7:33pm | ||
Sorry about my brief reply to you post earlier. I was having a brief lunch break. I have no idea how the other forumites find the time to monitor the forum and reply so extensively Free Membership. Sounds like a very creative idea and not an idea that a commercial club would ever consider. I assume the treasurer has done some sums? Are the number of free memberships limited to avoid a deluge? |
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Chris_H
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To be fair, there are only about 12 forum members who post anyway. Hugely representative of the sailing community .....
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KazRob
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I assume they took a considered view on it and decided they had to do something. With the prospect of potentially no sailing this season when lockdown started one of the big worries must have been having members drop out for whatever reason. The free membership keeps people in the club as well as attract new potential members. They are asking for a donation, but it is no means compulsory for anybody. https://www.prestwicksailingclub.co.uk/how-to-join/how-do-i-get-started-sailing Perhaps the ability to shutdown expenditure and facilities quickly and flexibly is one advantage a community club has over a commercial club who have wages etc to pay regularly. |
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Rupert
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If you hate this forum, which has been around longer than 15 years already, why do you post? |
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Chris_H
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A) I dont 'Hate' this forum. I find it quaintly amusing and archaic B) There are on very rare occassions, useful nuggets of information C) C19 has given me loads of free time to nudge and stir the pot to make people think a bit more than just being dinosaurs, such as you.. D) Sailors can be such a strange bunch of f**kers - E) IMHO - sailing, clubs, and sailors need a wake-up call, smell the coffee, and welcome in the future Edited by Chris_H - 25 Aug 20 at 8:29pm |
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Chris_H
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Lets be honest, there are roughly 12 of you who post here - on what is one of the supposed biggest journals in the UK. 12! Really? And yet some seem to think they represent the thinkings of the sailing community. It is somewhat bizarre. But amusing. I am being deliberately provocative so excuse if you think I am being offensive.
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423zero
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There are 12 posters who are persistent negative posters, you know who you are, hiding behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
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Robert
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Chris_H
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+1 Edited by Chris_H - 25 Aug 20 at 9:03pm |
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davidyacht
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E) IMHO - sailing, clubs, and sailors need a wake-up call, smell the coffee, and welcome in the future
I am sure the 12 posters would like to be enlightened as to what the future might hold, and how we might improve the outcome? I am sure that we might all want to help a favourable outcome, but as time passes I am increasingly of the view that the main priority is to secure decent class racing for as long as I am fit enough to sit a boat out ... selfish maybe ... pragmatic certainly
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