So what did the Club ever do for Motorcaravanners?

I don’t where the idea that caravanners were being asked to subsidise (or even to approve) a proposal that would primarily benefit motorhomers came from because my thinking was always that there would need to be a business plan and the new Nightstops would have to pay their way, even if some initial investment was required.  I’m simply pointing out that there is a potentially worthwhile (and profitable) opportunity for development and I hope that the Club’s Director of Development (or whatever her or she is called) is taking a businesslike look at it, just as they should always be looking to the future.  Nothing ever stays the same in business and if the Club doesn’t plan for the future it would, sooner or later, be doomed.  

The Club is a Membership organisation and it is shamefully bad at keeping Members informed about future plans - the decision to change the Club name being an example of something which was simply dropped on Members out of the blue and delivered as a fait accompli when it should have been the subject of consultation and perhaps even a vote.  I can understand the inclination to avoid the sort of fuss which some Members would have made if there had been a consultation but that is no excuse for running the Club like a secretive self-perpetuating oligarchy, which is what actually happens. 

There may well be some plans which are commercially sensitive and need to be kept under wraps but the general approach should be openness and honesty with the Membership, including discussion of strategic planning.