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Can I ask when the membership were consulted on this, because I feel that our membership fees could have been better spent than on this. The membership fee is getting rather costly, for very little return. Well now we know why. Rebranding is extremely expensive and Motor homes have always been members of the club and never excluded.
As for the logo, it's a tulip in a circle!!!
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Amid all this furore about the changes to our Club, I wonder what the Club Council's view on all this is?
As I understand it, they can influence the Club in its decisions.
Were they consulted? What did they have to say about it?
I understand that one of our regular contributors (and a forum moderator) David (DSB) is a member of the Club Council.
David, I know you are away on holiday at the moment, but if you have time, perhaps you could let us know?
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A very sad weekend for me ,the first I heard of the name change of my club was on correspondence I received from the Caravan Club.
Typical of the Clubs attitude.
I have paid out over £10,000 over many years for seasonal Pitch 54
at Broomfield Farm .
Only to learn from the site plan sent to me last week in the rebranded envelope. That this has now been removed from my option in favour of a touring pitch.
I realise the Club have every right to do this and also change the name of our historical club but where is the common courtesy
no consultation or engagement with the stakeholders.
unbelievable.
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If you are looking to get a member of the Board removed and replaced at the AGM, it may be a requirement that a replacement for the position has been put forward and the notion seconded, before it can happen. If not, the position will stand
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We like the logo but more importantly the intent on planning for the future and building a broader and wider membership. We are now much more likely to engage with the club and sustain our membership. Sadly most of the comments on this thread are unnecessarily negative, disrespectful and narrow minded.
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We have emailed the club within just 2 hours of receiving your email telling us about the changes and raised our concerns and wasted expense and they the CC club have not made any offer whatsoever or even told us or encouraged us to make a claim! Just typical, they just said sorry and it had to be kept secret but I do not know why? When everyone who works directly for the CC was already aware!
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Sorry Roger but I just can't get the link to work.
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We hate it and feel strangely bereft.
Utterly pointless.
Logo looks like a heart charity symbol.
We were at the Chatsworth site and went to the NEC show where it all happened. Why make the name longer?!? Why not add '(sorry, no tents)' on the end?
The wardens had to change the signage whilst we were there. Bugged us every time we drove past.
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Have I missed the point David? Why would there be any reason for confidentiality in the first place? Why not start with transparency in the first place.
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Been reading the comments from contributors and the club. No one seems to be considering the army of volunteers who make the club what it is. The club management seem to think it is a business to do with as they please and us customers can put up or shut up. A lot of contributors think we should all just get on with things. But how do all the volunteers feel? The people who do all the hard work. We are told that CL owners have been left out in the cold too. But telling us members that we are only customers like in the AA etc is just plain wrong. Would there be weekend rallies or the National Rally without people giving up a lot of time and expense for their own and others enjoyment? I would bet they feel a bit different about their status in this corporate empire now.
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My feedback? My rep on what Committee? Together?
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It is clear that the club is engaged on a mission to recruit new and younger members. I wonder if last years COTY programme wasn't the success that the club imagined it was at the time. Maybe portraying members on national television organising underwear in a colour coordinated fashion and measuring distance between awning and ground didn't appeal after all.... Who'd have thought it eh ? 😉
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The club's involvement in the COTY was frankly completely mad. The sort of programme that was going to be produced was entirely predictable. The only aspect that suprised me was that it didn't include an Airstream caravan, I bet they tried to get,one. The Airstream is btw according to the video Mr Lomas's example of a modern caravan.
There will be people here that think it was a only a bit of fun. It was. But understand there is a world of difference between "laughing with us" and "laughing at us". The fact that the the leadership of this club didn't realise that "laughing at us" was always going to be the result, gives me no confidence what so ever in their ability to actually To chart a way forward for the club.
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Change happens. Without it we wouldn't have the NHS, MRI Scanners, massively sophisticated vehicles etc etc. As we get older it becomes more difficult to accept change and the demographic of the Club membership perhaps means that there are going to be more non-accepters than accepters.
Having set that context it saddens me to see how overwhelmingly negative so many posters are.
Lets all resolve to accept the change as a positive thing stop knocking those who are trying to move the Club forward and do what little we can to make the change work.
There is a maxim in business that if you stand still you go backwards so lets have some optimism and positivity.
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Yesterday I quoted the tour for less sites on this this thread, here is the link
You will find these sites offer a £14 night all in rate for members (up to four children included) with EHU and hardstandings/grass. Mildenhall is now off the list but the others are still offering a good rate. I quoted Ifracombe as this site is near the excellent family beach at Woolacombe in Devon.
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+1, evolve or die.
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