Two tier membership

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The prices and benefits are fully known before paying.

You're dead right Colin. The whole point of joining a club is to get access to a range of benefits, some of which will have greater value than others.

If you start hiving off certain benefits, then the value of the whole becomes diminished

Another way of looking at it is that by being members and paying the membership fees it gives us access to all the CLs within the CAMC.  To me that is worth £56 a year, as what we've paid to stay on CLs during a period of 12 months (we tour all year round) has saved well over that £56.  One example was a CL on the Gower, cost was about £7 less than the CAMC site; we stayed 8 nights, so just that stay alone was equivalent to our membership fees.  As we've used CLs a lot during each membership year, we've certainly saved quite a bit more than we've paid in membership fees.

Businesses need continuous improvement, innovation, and change.  These are essential to enhance their offerings to retain extant customers and attract new.  Stagnation is just a way to a slow death. CAMC tries but does not appear to succeed too well and definitely suffers from a number of serious business illnesses including an overt inability to openly admit its errors.

As a person who has no axe to grind nor affiliation I think it’s a non starter purely due to ‘loss of income’ for C&MC. The CL enthusiasts gain pennies over the membership year but C&MC lose a lot over the financial year. The C&MC is not in the business to empty coffers. It will struggle enough over the coming years without trying to hurt itself🤷🏻‍♂️🙁

I assume the reduction (whoever it went to and I favour those using club sites - but as said neither will happen) would also include a reduction in the benefits in terms of member's offers? 

Perhaps two tier membership will come with a digital membership and a paper membership much the same as the C&CC?

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Maybe term two tier membership as 'Like it' or 'Lump it'

With all due respect to the OP, I don't even think the subject is worth debating.  What are we talking about for a full year's membership - quarter of a tank of diesel (in my case), a new water pump for the van - a meal out for two (at today's prices!!). The "half" membership saving would be even less than that.

Whilst not this club, we joined the C&CC, originally, just to use one particular CS we had found and I was quite happy with that - so I struggle to understand what all the fuss is about.

I would be happy with a digital membership 👍

The monthly club magazine is flicked through and binned the day it arrives - digital would save postage and printing costs which could be passed on to members who opt for this 😎