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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ski Bunny. It's known as a carrot and (ski) stick approach. You've already had the stick.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm obviously not wanted by the ski club. They haven't emailed me 
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Ditto.
But then I wouldn't want a rucksack anyway. No chance do I want to be made the pack horse of all our future skiing trips. (Camelbak has no space for anything except water. Well, apart from that bottle of Champagne!)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I got a letter from them - a tie in with the White Peaks Challenge. Because I did the challenge, I'm invited to their Ball later in the year.
How nice of them.
Except - the invitation is for me to fill a table at the ball, and all for only £950 for a small table (and they emphasise that this is saving £50 or something like that)
Now, if I had a spare £950 when I was going off to raise money for charity, I think I would have spent it on the charity, and not lining the pockets of THE CLUB
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Do you get a free rucksack with the table?
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Wear The Bow Tie. As a legendary party animal you will disappoint many people with that decision. We'll have to find something that fits your budget. Any suggestions?
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David Goldsmith, how about a drive through at McD's, Cirencester? As for the dress code, I think I have that covered.
masopa, no. You don't even get free membership of THE CLUB.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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masopa,
I would quite happily carry around a rucksack (SCGB freebie or otherwise) all day if it contained a bottle of champagne. Well...maybe it'd only contain the champagne til lunchtime.......
I emailed Laura asking to be removed from all SCGB mailing lists 
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Wear The Dinner Suit. There's no dress code for McDonald's. Don't be silly.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| Wear The Dinner Suit. There's no dress code for McDonald's. Don't be silly. |
Are you sure? With all the abuse flying around at that particular McDs?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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What abuse?
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marc gledhill, it is fabled that a mystical character works there. He hurls abuse at all patrons of that establishment while flipping burgers with all the grace and charm he can muster.
Personally, I think it's worth the abuse just to meet him
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You know it makes sense.
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Not The "JW" is it?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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That's the one.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Ski Bunny
The 'join the ski club get a free rucksack' offer is one the ski club has been using for a while and they apparently gave away lots at the ski show in October.
I have one myself so can vouch for its excellent quality. I gave it a good test whilst ski touring in Chamonix in January. I was even more pleased when I spotted the same one costing £30 in Snow & Rock recently!. Clearly the buying
power of the ski club is being used very effectively to the benefit of new ski club members.
I am glad their marketing dept is working well and giving all previous non member contributors to the chat line the chance to join the club and allowing them to recoup the value of their over 50% of their membership fee instantly!!!!
For those yet to be approached I am sure if you wish to join the ski club, you can give them a call, pay your fee and take advantage of the great offer.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I don't think the ski club are "desperate" to recruit members as you describe, its just highly effective marketing
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Michael. The Ski Club of Great Britain was founded by people who believed in discussion, exchange of knowledge, debate, research and publishing. One century later, in the months prior to February 5th 2004, these principles were reborn in the most dramatic fashion.
I think Snowheads are simply looking for our Club to demonstrate that it has learned the true lessons of its decision of Feb 5. Free backpacks are bound to be viewed a little cynically by those who put a far higher true value on what they do here every day. Advice, news, education, tips, humour, friendship and communication are hugely valuable to people.
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Well I didn't get an email. I am starting to think SCGB doesn't want me! Isn't that ridiculous!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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No email for me either. Perhaps it's because we don't live within the M25?
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Ski Bunny, this is fairly typical (and inexpensive) marketing. Often, those rucksacks cost them virtually nothing. I have a closet-full from technical companies and trade shows.
michael, your posts are an interesting contrast here. Do you mind sharing with us your relationship to the SCGB?
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I didn't get an e-mail either. Ski Bunny - what have you got that we haven't? A title? A double-barrelled name?
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Ski Bunny, did you used to be a member? Maybe that's it?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| masopa wrote: |
No email for me either. Perhaps it's because we don't live within the M25?
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Didn't U know, "In Cyberspace no-one can hear the Traffic".
I'm inside the M25 and I haven't been invited either - even after donating so much errant twaddle to their valuable archive.
maggi,
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Ski Bunny - what have you got that we haven't? A title? A double-barrelled name?
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Like "Ski-Bunny" for example?
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admin,
I didn't realise that was hyphenated! I thought Ski was her forename. You mean she's (eg) ffiona Ski-bunny?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I got an advert for the Next catalogue and the chance to win a Saab (I don't drive!)
I do think you might be getting the tiniest bit obsessed by this, I'm always pleased to get an e-mail from Laura - it makes me feel I have friends. It also makes a change from offers to enlarge or stiffen parts of my body, engage in lucrative financial deals with important people from around Africa, make friends with excitable young women or gain new qualifications. 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Correct, Ian. None of the services in your last sentence are included in the SCGB subscription. The British Empire once had many reps in Africa, but this was the non-Alpine branch.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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They seem to be two quite unrelated areas... 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Aren't excitable young women featured in the Next catalogue then? Perhaps they ought to be
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ssh -
To answer your question, I am a relatively new member of The Ski Club and hence a supporter of its activities, many of which I am still yet to take advantage of.
Just occasionally I see comments on this web site which seem to unfairly and unreasonably criticise the integrity and or honesty of the management of the club, Alternatively, contributors here have occasionally, honestly mis-interpreted the activities of The Ski Club
As The Ski Club seemes to have more than its fair share of detractors here I feel someone should put the counter view so that the many objective readers of this thread get a more balanced view of The Ski Club.
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michael, SCGB did manage to upset a fair number of us and we're still having a bit of a mutter about it when the whim takes us. Your differing viewpoint is very welcome - since arguing with people you agree with is just no fun! 
(For the record: I am on my first year of membership at SCGB, I was recruited through the old open discussion forum)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I never was a member, but spent 5 years promoting their website without charging them.
A retailler friend of mine was then told by them that he had to obey certain rules, which involved him losing money when selling skis and boots, to anyone who came into his shop and said they were a scgb member.
To me, this kind of extortion is not the sort of thing I would expect from a not-for-profit organisation.
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Ian
It is very interesting that you were recruited via the open forum as many claims have been made about how the loss of the open forum will reduce recruitment.
I have no idea whether that is true or not, or if true to what extent, however you are a real example of at least one memeber recruited that way. I wonder how many more members were similarly recruited?
Wear the Fox Hat
You are surely just trying to provoke a response!!! 
Not wishing to disappoint you I suggest that your retailer will have volunteered to offer a small discount (5% to 10%) to members in return for the free PR offerred for being listed in the club literature giving him access to 27,000 potential new customers.
If that level of discount means he is selling at a loss he is in the wrong business.
Furthermore if you believe that such a win win relationship is "extortion" then you must come with me when I next visit Asda's head office for my next round of price negotiations with one of their buyers........on second thoughts you might end up hitting him !!!
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michael, I did a very unscientific straw poll on the member only forum and we reckoned on some number around 10 citing the open forum as being a major factor in recruiting them.
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michael, 5-10% would have been possible.
20-25% is the range in question.
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WTFH
I have just looked through the handbook and there are simply no discounts of 20% to 25% available to members. I wish the Ski Club had the clout to negotiate such discounts for its members but it simply does not.
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true blue, the point is, they were trying to force it on small retailers.
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