I would like to take this opportunity to say a big “Thank You” to everyone on behalf of the committee. Without the hard work in the background that the committee does, this club would not be the success story that it is today, and, again, a big “Thank You” for the kind comments in the posts above.
I would like to point out, though, that Charlie is having problems with some of the off line renewals that he is getting from some of our members. If you are renewing your membership using the printed form in The Cultivator please remember to tick and sign the three statements that cover the GDPR legislation. Since the GDPR legislation came in this Summer it is now a legal requirement that we ask you for your authorisation to store your details. It doesn’t mean that we are going to bombard you with advertising or anything else, but if you don’t tick and sign in the three places then we won’t be able to send you any copies of The Cultivator and Bickerstaffe won’t cover you with the Public Liability Insurance.
No doubt it is only an oversight on the members’ behalf when they are filling in the paper version of the form, but now Charlie has got to send each one a letter to re-explain the problems created. This costs the club money as well as costing Charlie time that he could be playing with his Land Rovers, so please think carefully before sending your membership renewals back.
If you are renewing online then all of this is covered by various screens that you have to go through to complete the process, so you can disregard the above paragraph.
OK, lecture over!
We all hope that you enjoy the rest of the Christmas break and hope to see plenty of you at the shows next year.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
Geoff
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