Site Directory 2021/22 and OS references

Precisely put Ttda.

We have found that on occasion, the Grid reference is correct, but the CL location shown on the Club map isn’t! 🤣

Aye, there's a few of those!!

I agree with Steve that it was ridiculous to suggest space saving as a reason to get rid of them. I really can't understand why the club wanted to get rid of something which can help both members and CL owners. 

Bring back the OS Grid Refs!!!!

The Club sent me their list of the all the Club sites and CL grid refs, the information is there for the asking, but it makes much more sense if they put their hands up and admit it was a bad move to omit them from the directory.

That won't happen unless enough members make their feelings known.

Well, at the risk of being controversial, I would suggest a degree of “dumbing down”. In this age of high tech equipment, lots of folks will use other methods..........until they can’t get a connection, or realise the Sat Nav isn’t compensating for a wide or long vehicle! 😂 Basic skills are so underrated nowadays.......

But it is so much easier to use technology. It offers choice on how to access information and it can supply much more detail than leafing through a handbook. Anyone want to buy an almost new  handbook ? Excellent condition perhaps used once only!

peedee

I also prefer to use the technology and our handbook is equally pristine. Much of the tech can even be used offline. However, this is a Club and surely should be supplying the information in a format to suit all members. Particularly when it is not that difficult to do. I don't ever remember being asked in any of the surveys anything about navigation, so how have they decided that OS coordinates are no longer needed in the directory.

How do CL owners provide them? If it is Latitude and Longtitude it will mean someone has to convert them and check they are correct before going to print. That's time and money. It could equally apply the other way around so without knowing how they are provided, difficult to comment further but I strongly suspect in this day and age it is Lat and long which is also more accurate than the judgement of a three figure grid ref.

In any case surely directions matter more than any position reference and the Club does provided a map with sites and CL positions marked. I think the Club has to start drawing a line somewhere if it is to cut costs and duplication of information seems to be an obvious choice to cut.

peedee

Why remove something that is valuable to many members. If to save space look at other information that isn't of value to many members. How many of us need to know that there is fishing withing 5 miles ? Not many I would suggest.

Whilst some members will never use OS grid references I suspect that there are very many that do, certainly more than go fishing. It should be no great problem to reinstate them in the directory as the club already have them - or should still have them.