Something that has been planned on TOC, that I think a version of may be a good idea for LOC, is the Tier membership scheme...

Such as, we have 'european members' who dont benefit from the discounts, and some members who just dont want to pay the 25 quid...

So perhaps, offering a Silver membership, at a lower price, and perhaps access to the 'Car Park' in GOLD, or a few additional features might attract a few more members to sign up???

Just a thought, please feel free to ignore me though..

Cheers Ian....

why dont the europeans benefit ?

if people dont wanna pay £25 , they probably wouldnt want to pay £5, £10, or any other amount , its not like its a huge amount , and the money is easily recovered
through discounts etc

i would expect most people would spend more than that on a night down the pub

i must admit i did wonder if the scheme would come across from TOC. i'm not sure people would pay for access to the car park. i do agree that there must be a way to tier the membership though. i personally dont understand why more members arent gold though, instant decision for me - as soon as you have your first service as a gold member you get your money back. so like bazza says im not sure if the members who dont want to pay £25 for gold would want to pay anything unless they were getting a 'real' benefit.

maybe £15 for membership, access to normal boards but they would be allowed to join in group buys?

it must be something the committee have considered tho surely, especially with it being implemented on TOC. I guess the success/results/feedback of implementing it on TOC will tell us if its a good idea or not?

firstly the committee have no say over TOC.. its a seperate club entirely.

secondly the Tier membership will go ahead on TOC because of the lack of subscriptions compared to LOC... I would rather keep LOC on a 1 tier system anyway... Less work to manage.

fair enough, keeps it simple. i did think TOC was run by you lot though

its run by Ken and I.. plus the mods of course

Okay, thats fair enough...

I wasnt just reffering to 'lower' tiers though, have you considered offer a 'higher' tier, with more features??

Just thinking aloud though, no offence meant to anyone...

what would you like to see in this higher tier ian mate?

dunno mate, as i said, i was just thinking aloud...

Just at a guess, maybe another gallery where you could upload mpg's? i dunno, hadnt thought that much really...

But from the muted response so far, obviously not the best idea...

What about meet DVD's so we can show parts on film and the supercharger and exhausts in action like that DVD I've just ordered from the USA?

of course they will be muted LOL

we could add a load more features but will take a bit of setting up... Mpeg upload is possible too as we are now sitting on a new server hence the speed recently.

one of the options I have always been thinking of was a cdrom of all the club videos, documents and cram it up with goodies.

Then update these every 6 months and send to members. Similar to a newsletter or magazine but CD based.

That sounds a nice idea Steve...
And I had noticed the speed increase, but figured that was more down to my brain slowing with age

nope.. the slight downtime the other day was moving 8 gigs of data.. a scary moment

we are on more of a beast of a machine!

Ace idea Steve, as a n00b to all this, I would love to see some kit on the cars and get a feel for what might be a good idea , and what is not

My renewal is almost up...
Can I pay £40 and have more burgers and beeeeeeeeeeeeeer at JAE

You could always attend some meets,thats a good starting point

Yeah, I know.... I will honest governor