Sunday 15th?

willhub · Post by **willhub** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:56 pm

Who is leading a group on the 15th?

Any info on route and mileage?

And is it ok for me to come along, I haven't re joined the club yet as my membership expiered in december and I'm abit unsure if I should join yet? since up untill end of june I'm going to be out another 4 times possibly I think.

Thanks
Will.

dave c · Post by **dave c** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:13 am

Hi Will

Either Bernard or myself will be leading the ride on Sunday.

You are welcome to come with us, the ride should be around 80 miles, route to be decided subject to weather.

Dave

PhilBixby · Post by **PhilBixby** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:03 am

It's a fiver, Will. A fiver!

The membership secretary

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:18 pm

PhilBixby wrote:It's a fiver, Will. A fiver!

The membership secretary

Agreed. Come on Will, you have had a fair amount of advice and support from the club - I'm sure you can find a fiver to contribute to it's maintenance.

willhub · Post by **willhub** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:56 pm

Ok, I'll rejoin, I was just asking if there was any point since I'm hardly going to be there untill summer, but I guess if I want to keep wearing the Clifton shorts I'll have to anyway

willhub · Post by **willhub** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:08 pm

Phil, can I just send you a fiver? Surely you still have all me details?

PhilBixby · Post by **PhilBixby** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:28 am

Okay, here is a public service announcement.

When renewing, please print out the membership form from the website (the PDF version is the more compact one) and fill it in. You'd be amazed how many people's mobile number or "in case of emergencies" number gets changed during the course of a year without them telling me. Plus the form has a "what are you up to this year" section from which I collate basic statistics, so we can, as a club, say what proportion of our members commute, race, do MTB etc. Then add the cheque (or pay online) and a stamped, self-addressed envelope please. Life's too short to try to keep track of how many envelopes and stamps I end up using, so I end up paying for them all.

It's really not that hard. Come on folks. Come on Will.
Thankyou. End of announcement.

willhub · Post by **willhub** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:06 pm

Cant you just add a questionnaire to the site for that?

How come there is no online application these days? I rarely see paper anymore.

I will print it off but I still wonder why no one does online stuff, we are supposed to be saving the world not burning the trees we need to live!!!!!

MarkA · Post by **MarkA** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:51 pm

I'm all in favour of waiving Wills subscription for next 12 months

I appreciate it is a dangerous precedent but worth it in recognition of

1. Sterling performance last year

2. Excellent value for money on discussion board

Lets have a whip round

If 5 of us agree to add an extra squid to subs our hard up student friend can eat again

Actually on a more serious note it strikes me that if students do want to support another club during time away we could do worse than offer free 2nd claim membership?

willhub · Post by **willhub** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:07 pm

I hope no one thinks I am trying to avoid even paying and subscribing cause I'm not, I just think it's a faf about printing a form off as I don't have me printer with me and then posting it.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:10 pm

Thing is if you waive it for Will then others may also feel they have equal claim. A fiver is such a small sum......

willhub · Post by **willhub** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:14 pm

What does waive mean?

PhilBixby · Post by **PhilBixby** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:50 pm

I really don't want to come across as a grumpy old git but I'm afraid this is pushing all my wrong buttons. Will, printing out and posting one sheet of A4 (you can double-side it) will not destroy the planet any more than using electricity to power the computer you're reading this on.

The reason we've not switched to online membership details is that setting it all up and making it secure would take time, and all of the people who'd have to sort it out have limited quantities of it going spare. Arthur (who sorts the website) has a full-time job and a baby, I run my own business and would quite like to spend more time riding my bike, perhaps even on the road.

Right! It's nearly 11pm. I need a drink!

MichaelCarter · Post by **MichaelCarter** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:12 am

"I really don't want to come across as a grumpy old git "

You're not. I agree, come on Will! Yes, if we were a business with a decent turnover we would have online forms, but we aren't. We are an excellently run local cycling club who focuses on cycling, not t**ting around. Arthur does an excellent job with the website for nowt, Phil does all the membership and pays for the stationery for nowt.

You've also had the following:
Number of posts offering advice: 638
Average time to reply to a post (mins): 11
Person hours spent offering advice: 116.97
Average hourly salary : £8.50
Value of advice given: £994.22

I think you're getting value for money for a fiver!

Michael

terry browne · Post by **terry browne** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:44 pm

"I really don't want to come across as a grumpy old git "

From experience (elsewhere) its really a thankless job being either Treasurer or Membership Secretary, so lets not make them feel unappreciated folks!!