Membership costs

[chris]

Hi All, my copy of the cultivator arrived yesterday, in it is much concern about the costs of running the club and raising the membership fee to £30 to mitigate this. You asked for feedback!
Would I pay this, yes I think I would, would I accept reducing the the number of issues of the cultivator to Five a year or lower?
If that what it takes then yes, but I do look forward to each copy .
I think that if the number of issues is reduced then perhaps we should reconsider allowing for sale advertisement on the website, three months between copies is a long time if you are selling or looking for something. This is of course a matter of club policy.
Unfortunately if the club is going to continue then we all need to contribute a little more to keep it going. Clearly the advice and help given is a very valuable commodity.
Regards to all Chris

[andyfrost]

Yes , Im all for the increase to keep this wonderful club afloat. I’ve also long thought that there should be a forsale section on here , but for CLUB MEMBERS ONLY , even more so if we have fewer magazines , perhaps we could have a membership vote on this??

Andy.

[davidbliss]

Yes to everything, A for sale and wanted section bit on here think would be good.
David

[john-e-w]

Having been through the same issues with another organisation I belong to, here are a few ways to cut the costs.

1. Use slightly cheaper paper for the magazine so that it is lighter and doesn’t cost so much to post. We now use 80gm A3 folded in half to make $ sides of printable A4 – and we keep the issues to 2-3 sheets of A3
2. Only post-out the magazine to those that really need a paper copy, the majority can read it on-line and/or download it if they need a paper copy to read
3. Have a look around for a cheaper web-site host – there are plenty out there looking for customers

Yes by all means increase the membership costs, but try to keep them in line with inflation. Like all organisations that are run by volunteers try to get the younger generation involved in the technical and management issues, otherwise the club will just fade into obscurity.

Regards
John E-W

[charlie]

Thank you for your suggestions, these will be discussed and considered at a future committee meeting.

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