Membership fees and request by Club to continue

The reality might be that for a certain segment of the population whether any club extends its membership could be academic because some of us may be asked to remain in isolation long after campsite reopens?

David

The way things are going ,and even talk of the "hospitality" side of the UK economy not being able to reopen until the winter,  ,It will be a very difficult time for several more months yet,  before any of the sites of any organisation start to be allowed to open  , There will be some very difficult decisions yet to be made   ,rather than the "knee jerk" that some have made with an open ended extention of memberships

I don't think it was a knee jerk re-action JVB from the C&CC, obviously a lot of thought has gone into keeping the membership on board, along with a detailed communication about what has been done and allowing flexible bookings into 2021 (like CAMC.) The two clubs have approached it differently lets hope it works for both of them.

I am quite happy with the C&CC extension. Especially as I only joined to give us access to 4 sites, for our now defunct May tour. We don't use them for any other services, so won't be utilising them at all for our first year of membership. I have asked them to transfer the bookings and deposits to the same dates next year, but so far have heard nothing.

I wonder what happens if campsites are closed for longer than the initial three months? Does the C&CC have an open ended position where by membership is put off until sites actually reopen which could of course start to seriously damage their finances. Perhaps  this is one of the reasons the CMC have gone down the route they have as it allows them to defer making a decision on membership extensions until they know what they are letting themselves in for? Just a theory.

David

I think you have to remember with the C&CC that forward bookings bring an income supply from deposits so it might be a bit pushy to ask for membership payments as well? Who knows yet whether any bookings will be fulfilled. But they are also being flexible with the bookings (if you read their covd19 information pages and DGs letter.)

The e mail we got said the extension of membership would be equal to the time that sites were closed.

It has been made clear that most employees, including wardens of course, have now been put on the Governments' (tax payers') 80% payment structure. this does not apply, apparently, to the higher paid executives of the club, we don't seem to have any information as to their stance.

I do make mistakes - It's called being human.

To answer your queries in turn:

I take my stance because I find it distasteful that the  highly paid* leaders can state "we're all in this together' whilst apparently continuing to take their high ( and hidden) incomes whilst throwing the others, such as site wardens, onto the taxpayers' cost..

I don't want to stand, and won't stand, for membership, neither should I. I'm like many members, not in the first flush of youth, and my wife (late 70's) has a heart problem, with an operation for that a few weeks ago, some things are more important than others.
So don't tell me 'the thing to do' - I've been there, and done it in the past, from Parish councillor to Magistrate and charity worker, and much as it might, annoy you - I am fully entitled to my opinion.