The Spent Cases Shooting Club - Membership fees
Micky
In order for us to get Home Office Approval as soon as possible we will need
to get our affiliations arranged.
Current prices are:
NSRA £63
NRA £125 ish.
Home Office Approval £86
There are a number of options open at the moment, but as you can see the final
bill is going to be quite large.
We need to consider our membership fees and options now in preparation for the
Bank Account.
So, how much do we want to set as the annual fee? Do we go for a Life Membership
set as a multiple of the annual fee? Does anyone want to keep the family membership
for married members.
I will have to start work on a new document for the club, which will list the
various decisions we take that do not form part of the constitution.
Can we have your ideas, suggestions, proposals etc. for membership fees and
options or any other thoughts. Please start different threads if the subject
is one that is going to require separate discussions.
Lee
I'm not sure we should have the life membership. Instead we could have a yearly
fee, a five year fee (which would work or cheaper over the five years) and possibly
a ten year fee. This is because... let say I'm around for another 30 years,
either I pay out one hell of a sum to cover the next 30 years or I will be making
one hell of a saving.
Simon
Maybe its worth having a look at other clubs to see what sort of membership
fees they charge. From what I remember the Cornwall Fullbore Pistol club charged
the same as the Uni. club did, £15 for new members and £10 for renewals.
A fixed payment for members for 5 or 10 years may be more attractive to old
and new members alike than a yearly fee.
Mr Kemp
Cornwall Full Bore Pistol Club
£20 / year
£10 Joining Fee
O.G.R.E. £15 per year.
Mr Kemp
How does this sound?
Initial Membership fee £20
Renewal fee £15
5 year Membership fee £65 (1 x initial + 3 x renewal)
10 year membership fee £125 (1 x initial + 7 x renewal)
Individual e-mail address through club's domain name (either .co.uk or org.uk)
£1 each per year.
5 & 10 year membership only available to full members.
Simon
Sounds good.
Making people pay up in advance means we will have to watch the money, especially
if lots of members pay in advance.
Speaking of money, the bank account is being processed, too much work to do
apparently, hence the reason its not done yet. Must be a busy time of year for
the account manager.
Mr Kemp
The other side to this is that if people pay in advance it will give us an incentive
to keep going. I shall leave the budgeting in Simon's hands, as you know I am
useless with money. I can't see many expenses except affiliations at the moment.
Having thought about it a bit more, the ten year membership may be a little
too long.
Simon
Whatever we finally decide on for the membership fees, may I suggest that when
the account is setup, that everyone pays £15 towards the joining fee.
This will then be taken off whatever membership option they consider taking
once its all been decided and finalised. This will allow us to push ahead with
the HO approval and possibly the affiliations.
Discussion ends.
Results of the voting proposals put forward on the Club Forum - started on 22nd August 2002 at 09:39. Voting closed 6th September 2002 at 11:00
Proposal:
Mr Kemp
Please select one of the options above. The relevant proposals are below. You
should be able to vote only once. The voting is anonymous and does not log your
user name, as far as I can tell. If you are not sure about the proposals then
vote for Option 5 and we'll continue the discussion on the other thread. I will
leave voting open until 5pm Friday Aug 30th. After then, depending on the result,
I will produce a set of minutes from the discussion thread including the vote
and treat as a committee meeting. Is that OK with everyone?
Options: Figures based on
first years membership.
Proposal 1:
Annual Fee for renewal set at £15 per year. £5 Joining Fee. 5 Year
membership set at 4 x Renewal + joining fee if applicable. (Example £20
annual, £65 5 year)
Proposal 2:
Annual Fee for renewal set at £15 per year. £10 Joining Fee. 5 Year
membership set at 4 x Renewal + joining fee if applicable. (Example £25
annual, £70 5 year)
Proposal 3:
Annual Fee for renewal set at £15 per year. £5 Joining Fee. 5 Year
membership set at 4 x Renewal + joining fee if applicable. 10 year membership
set at 8 x renewal + joining fee if applicable. (£20 annual, £65
5 year, £125 10 year)
Proposal 4:
Annual Fee for renewal set at £15 per year. £10 Joining Fee. 5 Year
membership set at 4 x Renewal + joining fee if applicable. 10 year membership
set at 8 x renewal + joining fee if applicable. (£25 annual, £70
5 year, £130 10 year)
Proposal 5:
Undecided, further discussion required.
Proposal 1
2 (40%)
Proposal 2
0 (0%)
Proposal 3
0
Proposal 4
3 (60%)
Proposal 5
0 (0%)
Resolved: To accept Proposal
4 as indicated above. Membership fees will be decided on an annual basis at
the Club's AGM. The rates of membership until December 31st 2003 will be £15
per year. 5 and 10 year membership decided as a multiple of annual membership
as outlined in the proposal above. A joining fee of £10 will apply to
all new members of the club. Only full members will be allowed to take advantage
of the 5 and 10 year membership options. Any person who ceases to be a member
of the club, for whatever reason, will not automatically be entitled to a refund
of membership fees. The committee reserve the right to refund in whole or in
part unused membership fees at their discretion. The joining fee is non-refundable
under any circumstances.
Please note that all members will be considered as new members this year.