Re: Outcome of membership scheme
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:57 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote
Interesting. At the time that Game Fee came in, Essex decided that it would largely piggy back off this by charging clubs a higher rate than the ECF rate. However, it was always considered desirable to retain the concept of individual membership, so that it was clear who was entitled to turn up and vote at the AGM, even though the membership fee was initially set at a nominal £1.Locally we dropped charging for individual membership of the county association shortly after Game Fee came in. So the county charges entry fees at club and team level. It was pointless once the BCF had dropped any requirement to collect per head and it saved administration by removing a county post. If it had ever been necessary to define exactly who was an individual member, it would have been anyone who had played in the league, the individual competition or for the county in a county match.