Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: srxbitza on December 19, 2008, 06:52:21 PM
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How will i get to know when my membership is needing renewal as the membership card i have only goes up to the end of this year. Membership No 201. Are new cards going to be sent out ?
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Good point. We (I) decided that the memberships would carry on for a bit without asking for renewals to make up for a lacklustre year of club admin and newsletter delivery.
I'll get back to you on this one
GC
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for what it's worth....I think we should resume membership payments on the 1st January 2009..
what does everyone else think?
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Aye SteveL, in agreement and payment online by PayPal or BACS please!
May I request that 'Newsletters' are in pdf format only and only accessible if you've current membership.
Also may I request that if you go down the paperless route that you publish in A4 Landscape format. Much easier to read than 8 point type in double column layout. So that you go cross eyed trying to read it and the
short
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mono-syllabic, staccato, rant, down the 'gutter' of the page! :-X OK, I'll stop! ;)
I buy magazines online and the ability to just print what you want and the lack of glossy rubbish about the place is wonderful. Collecting old mags after clearing out a relatives house and hiring a paper skip to clear old mags with no value, gives a different perspective. Alternatively, you might burn them on the wood burner as its 'greener' than carting them away for pulp!
Office party yesterday in the sleet, at 1 degree C! I'll post an image if they come out. :)
Cheerybye, Bill.
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No chrimbo parties for me... self-employed sole trader.
I suppose I could go to the pub all by myself and ask girls if they'd like to pull a cracker ;)
Actually, the day before yesterday on R4 they were talking about the horrors of taking your partner to the xmas party and the parties in general. There's nothing like a free bar works do to bring out some of the less amusing sides of your colleagues. I'm glad I will never again have to do an office xmas party.
GC
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For your info GC , I understand the phone box, next to the post office in the village, has a vacant slot on Monday night .
Rob .
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For your info GC , I understand the phone box, next to the post office in the village, has a vacant slot on Monday night .
Rob .
Sorry ! Its taken !
The Unemployed Motorcycle Mechanic will be having his Bash...!
Nice and cheap !
The local Scooter Emporium is worse than Castle Street....and more Dangerous !
Dodgy electrics...bike lift that leaks and no saftey bar,etc.,etc.,etc....!
Jethro
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I agree with steve about paying subs, so if everyone else is ok i dont mind paying for this year too.
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Waiting to pay . How?, Who to ? .
Standing by .
Rob .
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Cheque book at the ready - load the bolt, Bernie! ;D
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Best ask for it now while I still have some spare!
Jez
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Fellow Exasperents
I am in the process of twisting Grahams arm (big enough hint GC) about putting a membership form in the forth coming newsletter. I does seem mad not to accept monies from eager users (of which I include myself) and get the Club back into a normal Club footing - if that ever existed? - but you know what I mean!
Hopefully I will be able to announce the posting of said Newsletter VERY early in January.......
Boyd
(Newsletter Editor-in-Chief don't you know?)
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Bloody editors! Power goes to their heads. ;D
Good Idea Mr Boydyboy, knock yourself out!
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as a self employed sole trader myself...i do sympathise with GC (not, I hasten to add, sufficently to offer hime a bung, or anything daft like that)...but funds are dwindling rapidly (well, to perfectly frank, the bank manager will be funding my membership this year).....so the sooner i get some sort of form to fill out (Graham....you realise you CAN claim a bit of tax back against 'membership of professional bodies'.....it is a stretch of the imagination I know....but i've been doing it for years....also training course costs....i did a course on wind generation [ha bluddy ha...heard all them jokes a million times] manufacture/design etc....bugger all to do with my work.....what the hell)
so....I get membership form asap.....cheque/paypal/whatever ....gets sent by return.....simple innit?
pip pip
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as a self employed sole trader myself...i do sympathise with GC (not, I hasten to add, sufficently to offer hime a bung, or anything daft like that)...but funds are dwindling rapidly (well, to perfectly frank, the bank manager will be funding my membership this year).....so the sooner i get some sort of form to fill out (Graham....you realise you CAN claim a bit of tax back against 'membership of professional bodies'.....it is a stretch of the imagination I know....but i've been doing it for years....also training course costs....i did a course on wind generation [ha bluddy ha...heard all them jokes a million times] manufacture/design etc....bugger all to do with my work.....what the hell)
so....I get membership form asap.....cheque/paypal/whatever ....gets sent by return.....simple innit?
pip pip
It might be useful for whoever is responsible for memberships now to confirm whether we are still under Graeme's moratorium on needing to pay, or whether some sort of payment is requested.
Regards
Richard
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Could I be so bold as to suggest that membership runs April 1st for 12months .It was mooted that we were to commence payment from Jan 1st. However this has come and gone and there is no information to suggest when we are to pay monies .April 1st would tie in with the financial year and would appear appropriate.This would allow everything to be put in place and the issues that remain to be resolved.If it can't , then clearly we have a problem.
Thoughts ?
Rob .
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It used to tie in with the Public Liability insurance and MAG renewal, this way MAG memebrship cards could be sent out with the club memebrship cards. From memory this was April time as well
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Sounds like a plan .
I look forward to receiving my membership form with my Newsletter .If it is all arranged for April ,then this would allow all to receive the newsletter,complete and return forms and payment.
Is this too straight forward?
Rob .
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Sounds like a plan .
I look forward to receiving my membership form with my Newsletter .If it is all arranged for April ,then this would allow all to receive the newsletter,complete and return forms and payment.
Is this too straight forward?
Rob .
Yep, but you are preaching to the converted (and now lapsed).
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I look forward to receiving my membership form with my Newsletter
I look forward to receiving any kind of newsletter at all ...
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As a thought , why not have a membership form under its own heading on the site menu so it can be downloaded as needed once a member has registered on the site. This would save any complaints about not receiving newsletters which is only sent to previous full members. As long as this is done about a month before the due date for the proposed re-start of membership fees there shouldn't be any problems.
Jez
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As a thought , why not have a membership form under its own heading on the site menu so it can be downloaded as needed once a member has registered on the site. This would save any complaints about not receiving newsletters which is only sent to previous full members. As long as this is done about a month before the due date for the proposed re-start of membership fees there shouldn't be any problems.
Jez
We used to have this system, and it included paying by PayPal, however the membership got itself into pickle and I decided to remove it untill untill it was sorted.
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We used to have this system, and it included paying by PayPal, however the membership got itself into pickle and I decided to remove it untill untill it was sorted.
and very good it was too, I for one would find the option very useful when the time comes to pay again! :)
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I look forward to receiving any kind of newsletter at all ...
It's been posted... but with a second class stamp ::)
GC
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There you go Richard all sorted.
However that does not resolve the ongoing issues surrounding membership and the collection of subs. From recent activity,it is evident that persons wish to give monies and get the club on a formal footing .I note that we have 176 listed members.Assuming that all are active and wish to contribute,setting a rough figure of £10:00 per member,then we have outstanding revenue if £1,760:00.Yes I know we have members ouside the UK who could be classed as ' country ' members .Can the club continue to ignore the finances in this way?
Clearly we have an active forum.I have only been active on it for a short time, however it is clear that there are a lot of people passionate about this club .It has been accepted that the club would take no fee due to poor admin earlier this year .It was suggested that there was to be a reshuffle and ,effectivly ,a relaunch of the club this year .
The social side of this club can be ,at times ,very rewarding .Llanthony is a case in point , good people ,good times .Some of us only speak to each other via this forum,however we appear to be like minded and enthusiastic,on a variety of subjects.
The issue of membership needs looking at .Only then can the other issues be addressed and the club returning to a more formal/ normal {quote Boyd} footing .
Rob .
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We used to have this system, and it included paying by PayPal, however the membership got itself into pickle and I decided to remove it untill untill it was sorted.
However, as I used this system, possibly the last to do so, the site still shows my membership expiry date in with my details when I look.
John
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All good points.
There are some members who have paid full subs and they have not received very much back in return. For that reason (amongst others) the club shouldn't ask for subs until after at least one more newsletter has been produced.
Thanks to all who have volunteered to pay despite not being asked to. Your names have been noted and we'll come to you first when the time comes to ask for wonga ;)
Seriously though, I feel it's important to produce another newsletter and then we can ask for subs with the following one.
GC
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Aye Graham,
But a 'Newsletter' through the letter box doesn't make the Thumper Club (SteveL' comfy armchair), it duplicates what you can stick on here in blethering forums, photos and articles and pdf format.
It also costs you or Boyd time and effort after compiling it, to turn into 'hard copy' and shipping it out. Tenner a head if you want access to the newsletter as pdf and seven fifty if you just want to blether [Notional amounts, we'll vote with our feet if its extortionate ;) ]. Paypal payment or bank transfer, so the 'dosh person' doesn't have to find time to go to the bank at the clubs convenience and their expense and all payments are recorded by the bank. Look up online.
Let the 'bairn' go! You'll suffocate it if your no careful! Nuff said by me :-X and no offence meant.
My regards, Bill.
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Graham, we need to sort this. There are two parts
1 - Is taking the money and keeping the records up to date.
2 - Making sure the site details reflect the current membership status.
1 Is down to the memebrship secretary.
2 is down to me, but we need to come up with a mechansim by which this can be done accurately and efficiently. Pat and I had a good system going but it wasnt that easy to maintain, and had problems each time I updated the forum version, it also quickly got out of date when he stopped being membership secretary.
I look at what I can do for 2 and go from there.
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Has anyone paid in the last 12 months? Probably an over simple solution, but start a new list?
Andy
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I look forward to receiving any kind of newsletter at all ...
It's been posted... but with a second class stamp ::)
GC
Wooo! I'll ring the cats and ask them to keep an eye out for the postman.
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I certainly havn,t paid in the last 12 months....so i suspect very few others have either.
I disagree with Hon chairperson......I think we should get membership payments underway ASAP, and not wait for another newsletter....and simplify the rates....is there any reason why we shouldn't have a single membership sub?
and SteveH.....you can only fix/resolve item 2 with up to date info passed to you as per item1
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A simplified rate suits if we can decide about net only, net with access to the newsletter and paper newsletter thing.
Personally, I don't need bits of paper through the door and don't want to pay printing and posting costs, but would be happy to be able to get access to a PDF in a secure area. A single rate would mean the end of the paper news letter. I'm not sure everyone would be happy with that.
Probably a daft question, can we identify the active members? Can we say if everyone who turns up to meets is now active on here or there still members without PC's? If the answer is yes to both, maybe it is time to drop the paper? I think we'd struggle to give any answer at all until we've got a years worth of detail in?
Maybe a short survey on this years membership renual form?
Andy
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Has anyone paid in the last 12 months? Probably an over simple solution, but start a new list?
Andy
Yes, I paid by PayPal on the 11th April 2008, and I have now also received both a Newsletter and Membership Card, thanks GC
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What about prospective new members(myself) who are not on any lists??
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What about prospective new members(myself) who are not on any lists??
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/one.pot/bouncer.JPG)
Seriously though, send me yout details (address and name) and I'll sign you up for now.
Mail me at: one(dot)pot(at)ntlworld(dot)com
Cheers
GC
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Aye Andy,
Same problem with paper mountains here. ;D
Single membership rate = no problem. ;D
To All,
Last subs paid 12/1/2008, £6-00 using Paypal for the slim, paperless membership. Terrific value. ;D
That = 1.6 pence per day for all the info on the site, banter with others and grim pictures of self inflicted masochism, if that is possible? ;D
To SteveH,
Thanks for keeping the IT going which makes it all possible, we'd be stuffed without it.
To GC,
The boy featured in your last post, I bet he's a 'cuddly honey' for the Dragon! ::) :-[ ;D
Keep boppin', Bill.
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What Bill said! Hear hear!!
Reset the paypal and I'll pay my dues, 'tis a great thing this TC thing. 8)
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The boy featured in your last post, I bet he's a 'cuddly honey' for the Dragon! ::) :-[ ;D
Blimey, a bloke spends one night at the Dragon in Boyd's tent and he never gets to hear the last of it :D
GC
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I've got one!! I've got a newsletter ! And a membership card !
Now can someone tell me if you want any money? ;)
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All good points.
Seriously though, I feel it's important to produce another newsletter and then we can ask for subs with the following one.
Boyd has made it clear that there is a newsletter in the pipeline. Thats all well and good , however it was suggested and agreed that subs would restart as of 1st Jan 09 .
I want to pay subs . Can we take it as read that we will do this as of 1st April , to correspond with points already raised .
Who is the membership secretary ?Where are monies to go ?
Standing by ...