Right folks. As SGM I have had tonnes of admin to sort out for the past month. One of the things I have been sorting is the membership subscriptions for 2012-13. With 2 weeks until the traditional April 1st membership renewal I thought I would let you know what has happened/is going to happen.
I have signed us up with IMG Sports Technology Group. They will provide a page for people to sign up on along with a membership database. This will be linked to from the forum, and eventually the club website. It is a lot like the entry central approach, except it offers a few more features for managing subscriptions and possibly some future additions for us. It will provide you with a membership record. We can access this and get pertinent details. For example I hope to provide S11 access so address for club kit can be found easily. So please keep this up to date.
Subscriptions will move from an April 1st renewal to a 12 month rolling membership. This means there is no penalty for signing up in May etc. I have decided, to keep subscriptions at their current rate. There was a suggestion they are great value for money and could go up, but I want to increase club funds by increasing the membership rather than the fees. So they will remain at £30 this year. At the same time we are seeing increasing numbers of WAT/GAT/HAT/BATs becoming active in the club. To recognise that many of the benefits are negated by already having one member there will be a so called "Family" membership option. This will cost £45. It is intended for you and significant other halves, not for father/son etc. money saving. I trust no one will abuse this, if you do you will be asked to pay the difference. I am also offering a number of free memberships to those raising for charity. Current I have a lack of applications. Please get them in by Friday if you are doing something for charity this year and could do with a free membership.
IMG do not charge the club a fee for the service they provide, instead, just like EntryCentral they charge a transaction fee, set at 6%. The money will then be transferred to the club bank account.
The current estimated "Go Live" is April 2nd. Current memberships will remain active until go live should it be delayed, when it is up and running you will revert back to being an ordinary forum member.