Club looking to recruit……

That's a bit unfair. I don't have access to some things which you presumably do. To say what you have and then that "you will say no more" is a real downer.

"my description" is what the club included in the statement a day or so ago.

There’s nothing unfair about it. I have no more access to info than you but I read what’s going on and can see a possible chain of events. I note that at least one other person has worked it out. 

£230K is a paltry sum, particularly in the light of what has been frittered away on the recent IT debacle. It shows how little CAMC values its CL network.

I wonder how many CL owners will eventually decide that a listing in the SD isn't worth it and seek registration with another organisation. I can see the demise/decimation of the CL network in the future resulting in CAMC becoming a Static/Pod/Storage organisation with a few touring pitches more as an afterthought rather than core business.

I think I was sent an email from the club with a link to ask questions. I can’t currently find the email however. Like you I couldn’t find a link on the web site.

The new booking system is intended for finding and booking club sites and CL's. Booking involving a deposit would enable the club to become much more influential with CL owners, helping to regulate prices etc, all done in the nicest possible way.

 Quite a few commercial  sites seem already to be going down that route and having touring with an LV as a by product 

Heaven forbid. The Club should remain a certificating agency only, annual safety checks and leave the CL owners to run things as they want. That’s why they are so nice, and such good value for money. 

I completely agree and expect most CL owners would agree too. The club is managed as a business though, and there seems to be no empathy between the members, CL owners and club management. The recruitment of a CL manager is a clear indication of the way it's heading. Any business opportunity must include intent to make a profit. 

JVB66 has it right in my opinion, and I think we are already seeing more CL's with Pods/Shepherds huts, and lodges.

The emergence of the recently formed CL Booking website seems to slot in nicely. Look how the numbers of CL's listed there are now growing. The formality of Exemption Certification is not difficult, as so many have already shown.

I think the CL Bookings App was more a direct response  to Club apathy than anything else. Owners who had invested time, finance, etc.. into small businesses, but finding reliance upon Club aspects not enough, and decided to do things for themselves. The bookings website debacle has shown how right they were to be honest.

CL Bookings App isn’t perfect, but it’s streets ahead of anything now offered by the Club in terms of searches, ease of booking, etc…. And it’s backed up with a lot more interesting information.

Just as an aside to CL's having Pods etc. They may well have been funded under the Farm Diversification scheme. 

"The Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) is a funding programme under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with a budget of £3.5 billion. The current programme runs from 2014 to 2020."

It appears to be no longer running so whether you will see much in the way of expansion in future I don't know? 

David