"Club" membership and CT

I think the guidelines and terms and conditions for CT define things quite well. As part of the ethos of CAMC is to provide access to friendly social interaction anyone wanting robust or feisty exchanges can probably find it elsewhere. 

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 I think CT is still a good place for members to pass on helpful/useful info but there are now numerous other places/forums to find info.so perhaps that fact contributes to less people using CT.

I don’t spend time on social media at all but if the post title/subject matter on here (or CCC forum as I’m a member there also) is of interest I will read it (or some of it if there are lots of pages) and post if feel able to contribute in a positive way.

I guess there are others like myself who read but rarely post but like myself felt the need to post about the introduction of the new booking system before it was IMHO fit for purpose but may not contribute to CT again.  We all make personal choices

I will continue to avoid mainstream CAMC sites until there is an easy to use booking system. or maybe I’ll turn up at a ‘non-honeypot’ site and ask if they have a free pitch.

Everything changes, nothing stays the same forever thankfully.

I suppose I fall into the category of one of those members who post less frequently than I used to. Why?🤫

I still like to pass on any advise I can but I tend to agree with Oneputt's post. Some posts, particularly but not exclusively, when Club sites are involved, in any shape or form, tend to become tedious. Too much regurgitation, too much minutae nit picking, too many cliques. 

I like to think of myself as being able to agree or disagree with any poster as we have spent as much time abroad as we have in the UK and, particularly more so in the past, on club sites, before using CLs more and more. We have always used Independent sites as and when. However some posters have entrenched views (my opinion obviously) and I really can't be bothered getting involved in long drawn arguments where neither view is likely to change.

Anyway health problems gives one a better perspective of what really matters and what one wants to do with ones spare time.

I hope CT does survive as I think quite a few non regulars and one off posters can be found seeking advise and even regulars with years of experience still find ourselves in need of advise from time to time.

Good Opening Post Nellie.

My original post was twofold, and I think that most replies have attempted to answer the first part of my question, thanks for your input. However the second part, see below, seems to have been missed/avoided so perhaps members have no set opinions on the subject?

now many of those regulars who continue to post are no longer members of the club. Is this a reflection of the popularity of the club itself and that many past members are leaving, perhaps exacerbated by the "Club's" attitude to its members and the problems many are currently having with the new booking system?

Nellie

I am not sure the second part of your question is as easy to answer because how would we know? Just out of interest I went back to the last couple of pages of the forum dating back to 2012 and I checked the profile of 16 people that posted all those years ago on the first two pages. That was 16 people in total, it seems that 14 are still listed as members and 2 not which given what can happen over a ten year period doesn't seem to suggest people leaving in droves? In the same way that there was not a mass exit due to the name change despite people saying they would leave will the same be true of the new booking system? I suppose we will have to wait until the next AGM when membership figures are published. Unless there was a massive spike in leavers it would be difficult to attribute those leavers as being due to the new booking system. But then how would you differentiate between people who have left because of the economic situation or those who have reached the end of their active participation in our hobby? The only reliable way would be for the Club to survey leavers to understand their reasons for leaving?

David

Nellie,  Now that it is just so quick and easy to book a Club site directly from the website one would think that tne complaints and threats to resign membership would dry up. But members have convinced themselves that making a Club site reservation under the new system is hard - and have convinced others along the way - so the complaints are still posted on here every day.

At least it’s a change from complaints about  early arrivals, the name of the Club, the Cirencester approach road, speeding at 10 mph, loud music, trespassing on a pitch, not using the lavatory brush, children cycling …and dogs. 

Have a good day.

I have an opinion Nellie😁 It’s only access to the CL’s, and being able to find them via searchforsites and UKcampsites that keeps us paying the Membership fee. During early stages of COVID, Club HQ made some decisions we didn’t agree with, so we let our nearly 30 year membership lapse. We wanted the CLs when we got back out after lockdown, so rejoined purely for access to CLs. Without access to the CL network, we wouldn’t rejoin.
I enjoy chatting with folks on CT, reading about interesting visits, sharing sites and places of interest, and use it to keep in touch with some folks whose emails I don’t have.

Out of interest Euror did you find the new booking system quick and easy when you recently booked sites and have you sent your compliments to the "team"? 

Nellie, I've noticed many new people posting on CT recently, mostly about the new booking system and I think CAMC are listening when I read the list of fixes. I don't think leaving helps sort out things but it's an indication that confidence is low. Just my own thoughts.

 

Now that it is just so quick and easy to book a Club site directly from the website one would think that tne complaints and threats to resign membership would dry up

That may well be your opinion, but it certainty isn't for many members, some who have already said that they have left the "club". Perhaps if one knows exactly where and when one wants to go it is relatively easy, but not as easy as previously, but for those wanting to search certain regions and particularly look at the CLs in that area, when not using a laptop, it is an unmitigated failure.