New club branding & logo
Has anyone received the new club magazine & Handbook?
What a disaster you can't see the new logo on the packaging for the magazine.
Received my new handbook NO CARAVAN on this one unlike last book,
just a Motorhome
Perhaps it should have been thought out before printing and re branding that both caravan & motorhome should be included on the front cover?
Perhaps we Club members might request a re think by the directors or person / s responsible for this entire waste of our membership fee's?
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New Logo and Magazine Update.
Once again,what a disaster. The logo printer ran out of ink before mine was put through. Please tell me this is not as intended.
The Magazine is just the opposite.The Blood red ink that is found on almost every page is painful on the eyes and is completely OTT.
I expected to see Dennis the Menace or Garfield to appear on the next page.
What happened to the informative and casual style. Please refer to old copies of EN ROUTE.
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Like the new logo but the colour......boring.
We are vibrant get up and go people lets have something and colour to represent that.
Have just switched from a caravan to a motorhome so I am happy the Caravan Club has embrassed but concepts of mobile living.
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The club embraced motorcaravans around 1962, I don't know when they became motorhomes though.
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The new 'corporate' logo looks like it belongs to a private healthcare or funeral plan company! A better idea would to have had members send in designs to win a prize. Instead the CARAVAN CLUB pays a design and marketing house to create what looks like abstract hands cupping a crocus. My new sticker is in my windscreen, and someone has already asked if it was a parking permit
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Funeral company
cupped crocus
parking permit
wow, the new logo is covering some bases then. Good imagination there Toppo
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Given that the current DG is the ex marketing director, and that the Club has a relatively new marketing director, no doubt recruited for his expertise, one sincerely hopes that nothing was outsourced to another marketing company!
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A parking permit you say, in that case I must pop down to the recycle centre and see if they have found mine.
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I see that further comments and replies have been stopped on the original discussion!Has someone by the name of Trump taken charge of The Caravan Club?
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Quote from the ‘original thread’.
“Thank you all for your feedback. We have noted your comments and concerns.
The tone of conversation in this thread is not in the spirit of Club Together and we will be closing this discussion for further comment.
We have also taken action to moderate and remove derogatory comments towards motorhomers and members of staff. We are an inclusive community and such comments are not welcome on Club Together. Relevant action will be taken against comments which contravene our community guidelines.”
I agree, it's totally out of order to make any form of derogatory comment towards anyone, member or staff, but I imagine those responsible are just playing into the managements hands. Yes they have found possibly a valid reason to lock the thread, but at the end of the day the management have brought this on themselves. They may have learnt a good lesson here on how to communicate with the masses. How concerned they must be.
I thought this topic would die very quickly, some other item of news comes along and the original story is forgotten. Well maybe not.
How long before this thread is locked?
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What I find amusing is that staff members apply roolz applicable to them as employees to the paying customers otherwise known as members in a retail business such as the CC / camc wotever
If the 'management' wish to suppress valid opinion, which is expressed by the fee paying members, then perhaps they should develop an intellect akin to the kindergarten playground they appear to be on level par with
Closing threads due to non agreement with posted comments is at best childish, at worst a sign of facism
Leadership in organisations requires a degree of intellectual capability that evidently is beyond the upper echelons of the CC / camc wotever
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That's the first step to getting this thread locked. It's called abuse
check out the T&C's before posting.
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KS, insulting the staff and mods certainly invites moderation of your post. It is very likely to be edited/Deleted User and quite rightly so. If those comments were made to you, you would very likely be calling for those self same rules to be invoked against the perpetrator.
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Management were bound to find a reason end the ‘Same Club Just Better’ thread due to much bad publicity out there that won’t go away (wait until the SUN gets hold of it!). I agree, closing threads and denying members their say is not very democratic but unfortunately in this case not unexpected.
Must be tough at the top!
It is interesting to read the various comments on the new logo and its colours. Personally I don’t like, not related to this pastime it at all. I spent a number of years in aerospace design, part of this working on human engineering issues for aircrew. I agree the colours on the logo are poor and reading the comment of one member on another thread, could be hard to read on the road if you are not familiar with the area in which you are travelling. In my opinion the colours would in some cases blend in with the background and could be missed. The red flag on the old logo is instantly recognisable and clear. I have witnessed many times members missing the Kendal Club sign (we use Kendal frequently) and having to do a complicated 180 Degree turn in the busy local lanes, so what will it be like with the new signage if unfamiliar with the area (it would help if people moderated their speed a little though).
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No ifs or buts, if you can't put your point across without abuse then you have no right to post on a family forum. It may give the individual a sad sense of achievement but it is not acceptable
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Apologies to all, as I know that correcting spelling and grammar is somewhat frowned upon, but when someone posts the words "intellectual capability" in the same paragraphs as "roolz" and "wotever" I find my teeth grinding with frustration at the mangling of the written word!
Spelling mistakes are totally forgivable and should pass by without comment, but deliberate "dumbing down" is something a bit different.
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"Management were bound to find a reason end the ‘Same Club Just Better’ thread due to much bad publicity out there that won’t go away (wait until the SUN gets hold of it!). I agree, closing threads and denying members their say is not very democratic but unfortunately in this case not unexpected."
If you class insulting other members and staff as bad publicity then you're certainly right, Eurolandy. The posters who made those remarks created a shocking showcase for the club and brought moderation upon themselves. The T&Cs and guidelines are there for a reason and, if people don't follow them, they must live with the consequences.
No one has been denied their say providing they do it in an appropriate way. Those who break the rules are the ones flouting democracy by choosing to go their own way despite having agreed to abide by the rules when they signed up to the forum.
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Couldn't be further from the truth actually, but I just don't happen to equate dumbing down by obviously intelligent people as clever, forward thinking or attractive. Similar to dropping litter, not picking up dog poo, parking inconsiderately and swearing in public. Little things in a big world, but some of us maintain good social skills on behalf of those who watch us and learn, otherwise the whole world becomes a free for all.
It'll be my upbringing, high standards and then teacher training, my apologies.
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Now they have it in print JV, far better for inclusivity
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If Moho's are nearly 50% of the LV'ers then I agree they should be given that acceptance in print. 1962?, that's 55 years ago, things change, the world moves on. Accept it. Clinging on to the past is not healthy
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I guess it depends on the figures each of us have read ET
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Excellent JV, I'm happy for you
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