Posted by Kym on 10/16/2007, 12:02 pm, in reply to "Re: match today and subs" As it happens only a small minority of members are actually paying there £20 due to an admin mistake on the standing order forms. So right now the club has already paid out to register all players and because of this is already in the red. Please can everybody get the new standing order details off Mum, Me or Teach and sort their own direct debit out. I realise that some people still have issues with this standing order and I can only reiterate (bad spelling me thinks) that this is the fairest and easiest solution we could come up with. At the end of the day it costs quite alot of money to run the club and although alot of work is being done to raise funds some costs have to be passed back to the players. As was said earlier in the season if we can meet our fundraising target of £4500 we will be able to stop direct debits once players have paid £100 each. If you compare this £100 to last year when we paid subs of £40 (I think) plus training fee of £30 plus paying match subs and for teas and (for those of us unfortunate enough) washing the kit and in some instances an extra charge for bus trips, I think that £100 is a fair amount to expect everyone to pay. I also think that in the past some players have paid more than others (last year Teach, who doesn't play remember, paid for the 1st team kit to washed on quite few occassions and I believe Dave Carter also does the the same with the 2nd team kit - these two individuals should not have to cover these costs out of their own pocket). I personally think that the direct debit system is the most equitable way of sharing out the costs of running the club and hope that you guys can embrace this idea. I understand that £20 a month is alot of money and if anybody has serious problems with this please come and have a quiet word with me or Teach or Mum, the last thing we want is for this to be a barrier to people playing. I'll just finish by asking anybody who has any issues or queries about this to raise them now. I was under the impression that everybody had accepted the idea of the direct debit and had raised any issues ealrier in the season. I personally would like to get this sorted and be able to fully concentrate, firstly on enjoying playing rugby and secondly on hitting our fundraising target. So please please can you get anything you have to say off your chest now so that I don't have spend more time and energy go over this again in the future.
The transport that was refered to in the breakdown of costings for running the club was to pay for coaches to the farthest away trips. I think it is a bit unrealistic to think that paying £20 a month is going to cover everybody's petrol to away games as well as all of the other costs. Again if you would like to see a breakdown of these costs please scroll down on the homepage and click on the link.
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