Membership Fee Increase

Being not for profit is a great benefit as the proceeds go back into the club rather than the pockets of shareholders. Shareholders would demand profits for themselves which would mean year on year rising costs to the customers overall and funds could easily drain away.

Are we talking "privatisation" here then? Get Haven to buy up the club, do a bit of asset stripping then sell off all the non profit making sites? Not sure that's a very good idea! 

To answer your last question - absolutely not

But when the club lobbies with other parties on our behalf (for example the MOT on caravans issue a few year back or with the NCC, or local authorities) it can use it's large membership numbers to give more credence to it's views, ie that it is representing a large number of people. The same with the CCC as well.  

But when the club lobbies with other parties on our behalf

But the have the Club ever taken caravan (or motorhome ) manufacturers to task over the shoddy products that they continually produce.

The CAMC primary role is to assist the industry to sell more units rather than better units, If you disagree with my comments then show me a CAMC list of the "driest caravans"

I don't think the CAMC's primary role is to sell more units. Surely it is to provide Sites and pitches to like minded individuals who enjoy touring in a variety of outfits? Here and to assist in terms of touring abroad? 

Yes would agree.

Quite agree the CAMC primary role is to provide sites

 however Cornersteady mentioned "lobby other parties on our behalf" but I believe that is way behind their backing of the UK caravan industry and their inability/reluctance to "name and shame"

The problem with naming and shaming is that you have to first have cast iron proof so that you can prove your case when you get sued in a court of law. That's difficult to come by when you are dealing with third party cases.

Having said that the club could do more than it appears to do by way of general criticism based on members feed back.

You all seem to have the wrong end of the stick. 

The club is run by a committee of people, as voted for by the members.  That gives us all the right to ask, questions and receive answers, ie, the increases in subscriptions over the last few years.The club obviously feel that they don’t have to answer it. I find this very rude and unprofessional.

I want people in the committee we can talk to and they in turn, to explain their side. My withdrawal of membership has nothing to do with cost, it’s a vote of “No confidence” in the committee.

As for my £1 a week saving, it will be going into the charity box, where it will do more good.

You all seem to have the wrong end of the stick. 

The club is run by a committee of people, as voted for by the members.  That gives us all the right to ask, questions and receive answers,

Not sure who got the wrong end of the stick.

As far as I can read, the Committee as voted by their members will make decisions they think are in the members and company's interest. If you want to question and receive answers you then go to the AGM.

Did you go to the AGM's and voice your opinions?