Meteor Way

[Mick]

Perov, thank you for looking that up.

Clearly parking is available at Meteor Way and therefore should be free for current Life Members.

Why should Premier suite members have this 'perk' when we don't?

Because they pay £574 per annum I'd guess. Assuming Life Members take out their membership between the ages of 20 and 50, they are paying less than a quarter of that if they near normal life expectancy and don't lose interest ?

[squarelegumpire]

Wel,, having had my attention drawn to this new charge via this site ...... IMHO it's NOT clear on the website nor could I find a reference in the latest issue of the Members magazine ........ I do wonder about the economics.

Presumably someone will have to collect this charge, and will be on duty, and paid, whether or not play actually takes place.

Having said that I very glad to see Meteor Way open on the 4th day, and if a charge is necessary, then £1 isn't too bad.

[Starfish]

Thanks will make clearer on website

Parking is made clear in magazine on page 3

The introduction of the charge will cost no more to the Club than previous seasons

Thanks

[squarelegumpire]

Found it on p3. Talk about the small print!!!!

Is there a tinier font available?

There are issues about legibility elsewhere in the magazine, too, especially when light colours are used on white. Looks very artistic, and well designed, but good design includes functionality.

[Starfish]

Thanks for your comments

[Mick]

Danny,  how many spaces at the Immaculate School (I wonder if Ofsted have a problem with that name!) ?

[Starfish]

Hi, approx 100, will have to do first. T20 game to test this. Thanks

[essexfan548]

"Because they pay £574 per annum I'd guess"

Life membership is not cheap and implies a long-term commitment to the club. Given inflation and the fact that the club have the money 'upfront' I think we deserve the conditions we bought into to be honoured.

The promise was free parking when available and clearly Meteor Way is available.

Personally, aside from commitment to the club, part of why I got Life Membership was because after a long drive the last thing you need is to be looking for a parking space. Public transport is not an option as my nearest train station is half an hour away and the journey would involve a minimum of three changes.

[Mick]

"Because they pay £574 per annum I'd guess"

Life membership is not cheap and implies a long-term commitment to the club. Given inflation and the fact that the club have the money 'upfront' I think we deserve the conditions we bought into to be honoured.

The promise was free parking when available and clearly Meteor Way is available.

Personally, aside from commitment to the club, part of why I got Life Membership was because after a long drive the last thing you need is to be looking for a parking space. Public transport is not an option as my nearest train station is half an hour away and the journey would involve a minimum of three changes.

They might say that there is no free parking available .... it's being bought from the council and costs passed on.

Without knowing how much they're paying the council, I don't know if they're passing on the full costs, passing on part of the costs or making a fat profit.

Given that the Committee had decided they no longer wanted to include free parking in the prevailing membership cost, they were faced with the option of increasing membership or charging to park. Probably fairer to make the users of the facility pay rather than all members.

When life members enrolled (personally I wasn't prepared to tempt fate!) I would imagine that they were expecting to receive all benefits accruing to members going forward for the rest of their lives rather than expecting to ring fence any benefits which might subsequently be withdrawn out of choice or necessity.

In my opinion, I'd rather the extra money didn't go into the playing budget as I have no confidence in Grayson's ability to spend it wisely, but that's another matter.