 Poster: A snowHead
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Sticking anything in the 'SCGB section' is sticking it where the sun don't shine. The 'SCGB section' is a deep dark well where humanity no longer exists. There's probably the odd woodlouse down there.
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David Goldsmith, Just to really p!ss you off.
If you set up a direct debit, and then move banks not only do you get a free backpack, but the SCGB fail to realise you are no longer paying membership and still keep sending you membership stuff for ever and a day. (acording to my friend) |
Thanks for that info, Odin. Obviously I think it's a great idea for members to be paying subscriptions, since it puts us all on a level playing field!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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David Goldsmith, Looking further than the "David Goldsmith posted something about my Club, Mods please move it" comments.
I have actually learnt something useful from this thread.
As I stated earlier my daughter wants to join the Ski Club.
Having established that by joining in a resort, the membership period is extended by up to a year. This I was happily going to do.
But now if I go to whsmith get a code from a magazine I can get a free bcak pack worth more than the membership extension.
Without Davids enlightening post I would have purchased membership for my daughter in resort.
So thank you David 
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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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boredsurfin, hope she doesn't have any bcak problems 
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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achilles, It was early
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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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boredsurfin, I sympathise, I'm not a morning person, either
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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achilles, I could also blame the RAF and Army Air Corps for my fuzzy head this morning 
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boredsurfin, um, at the risk of turning this into Dawn Chorus, can you tell us more?
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achilles, Local pub, chaps back from Afghan so drinks all round.
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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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boredsurfin, I hope that your daughter enjoys her membership and backpack, and well done with your investigations at WH Smith, a company which owes its origins to the founding of the British railway network.
Not a lot of people need to know that.
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to everyone who says it doesn't belong here...
I disagree (oooh controversy).
I am not a SCGB member. I am not under 24 (by some margin). One member of my family is, and is interested to hear that the SCGB is promoting itself in this way.
They may be interested in exploring the offer.
Others in the ski community of GB, of which  is an important part , who were not aware of this promotion, may also find it of interest.
Ergo, since it is potentially "of interest" to the wider UK ski scene, even if it is promoting a niche product, I think it should stay.
And, also "interestingly", possibly having a different effect to that potentially envisaged: in that the more people who hear about the offer, the more likelyhood there is of it being taken up, and then depending on your views on loss-leaders versus marginal versus subsidised cost, the more it will cost the SCGB / boost future full fee paying membership.
Interesting eh? And therefore, imho, a valid topic for discussion.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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JimW, good point, as long as the discussion keeps to the point, and does not digress into petty squabbling about the club.
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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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boredsurfin, ah! I'd almost say self-inflicted injury - but I think I'd have had a few drinks with the guys, too.
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JimW, Yes, we all yearn for young blood in any organisations we belong to - perhaps a subconcious wish to relive our youth. Certainly a desire not to become crusties (breakable or otherwise).
One issue which arises in the subsidised youth membership debate (and this one is undoubtedly heavily subsidised - the Club actually used to charge a joining fee to reflect the extra cost of signing up new members) ...
... is the issue of voting rights. Any paying member of the SCGB has a vote. Obviously people will pay varying amounts for their votes, but in this case votes are almost being given away. I raised a similar issue a couple of years ago in relation to the Club giving away memberships to ski journalists.
Hacks should pay, in my view, the same way that everyone else pays. Any serious ski hack can afford £51 for a membership of the national club devoted to the sport they write about.
The danger is that small groups of members on cheap or free subscriptions could influence or take over the Club. There's a general voting apathy at the SCGB, so it wouldn't take that many votes.
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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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Indeed. Allow me to re-phrase that. Here at the Ski Club of Transylvania we offer attractive membership rates to young virgins, including free bloodpacks.
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Poster: A snowHead
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David Goldsmith, comedy genius.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| to young virgins, including free bloodpacks. |
Although not sure if a 24year age limit is quite appropriate in this day and age...
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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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