Annual Memberships

[jamesxotero]

Hi guys, 

I wanted to get a thread up regarding club annual memberships.

The club first started on May 26th 2013 and annual membership back them was £6.00 in advance on the clubs opening weekend or £10.00 if you joined after the first club day. Annual membership hasn't been renewed as the club has been growing and with my work and other things that have been happening, so firstly I would like to apologise for not being on top of this. At the same time members have gained from a 5 month period without an annual membership renewal. 

   
I would like to renew annual memberships on the 19th of October for all those that originally joined on May 26th 2013 and after until October 19th 2013 that still attend the club. Anyone who joined after the 19th of October 2013 will not have to renew on the 19th, come have a chat with me and we can work out when your renewal date is. I have records of who joined on the 26th of May 2013 and after so I do have a list but your help on this would be appreciated on this lads! I will get a new member register going on this date as well so that up to date records of members can be kept just so that its a little more organised on my part, once again I apologise for the lack luster effort on this of recent.

So renewal of annual membership will be £10.00 for the year and I would very much like to generate a conversation on this thread regarding what the revenue will be used for so that we can hold a club meeting in the near future to implement the use of club funds. 

Please leave comments and begin discussion on this and also let me know your thoughts on what we can do to improve the club using the generated funds.

Thank you once again for your time and happy wargaming lads!

James 

[Trev]

I just wanted to check that the Annual membership is solely for the club and not a requirement of the legion to take advantage of their bar prices. i.e. Does it all stay with us or does any part of it get passed on to the legion?

I act as treasurer for a couple of charities and we usually keep a small amount as an emergency fund (to cover things like weekly door money not covering weekly hall hire) and the balance is used on sundries (tea and biscuits, stationary etc) and a larger annual project or fundraising goal.

If we applied that logic here then it could be used for club scenery or projects.... (thinking Walmington on Sea terrrain / Wars of the Roses troops & terrain / asteroids / Blood bowl pitches / Boxes of Magic boosters for Drafts etc) .... the big stuff that people wouldn't buy for a personal collection but would if they had storage space etc i.e. at the club.

I think it is important that everyone can see they have access to what the annual Subs buy if we continue with annual subs.

I take it that the weekly paying membership is not stable enough yet to run without an annual membership.

Is it still the case 'Weekly turn up and play' is £6 and Membership will be £10 and weekly attendance £5 so annual membership makes sense if you expect to make it down 11 times or more a year.

Having collected subs a few times, is it the case that this applies to everyone? Are there special agreements/circumstances? If so, do these continue into the new membership period? Clarity is important for those paying each week

(my two penneth)

[Rodge]

Some materials to finish off the half painted terrain and repair the damaged bits would be a good start.

[Triof]

I know there was some discussion on how to pro rata the £10 over twelve months. Would anyone really object if we raised it to £12 a year, to make things simpler? If we wanted to encourage people to join and pay up quicker, we could even give it as £10 annual if you pay in Jan/Feb/March, and then £1 a month annual for the rest of the year?

[piper]

I proposed a £10 fee for the year payable in January and £10 for any new joiners in Jan/Feb/March and then £1 per month decrease there after. Isn't that the same thing?

Pete

[Triof]

Yes, I think so Pete (I hadn't seen/heard you saying it). I think it's a good idea, and makes life simpler than trying to pro rata things.