Membership and levy consultation

[Mrs H]

Well I guess that is the risk which those of us who don't hide behind a cloak of anonymity must run. I have a record to tarnish, people just dismiss your faceless opinions as the worthless ramblings of a troll.

[Kitch]

The majority of BOF employees are, I believe, paid using funding from external agencies who have given BOF money to do what BOF wanted done.

or have they given BOF money to do what the agency wanted done?

If you look at the Performance framework you might find it uncannily similar to the performace framework of other sports funded by the same agencies......
I suspect if you look at other aspects you will also spot strong similarities across sports.

Who pays the piper....

[Taybank]

It's time we got back to being run by a federation instead of a central government.
Most of what is decided at BOF is already being decided by the other national members of the federation.
Let BOF (the four country) reps meet and discuss the issues and control of the issues that need central control - British team, major British events like the JK, British championships, maybe even British rankings and let the national organistions plot their own way forward in event structure, development and coaching etc.

[andypat]

Well I guess that is the risk which those of us who don't hide behind a cloak of anonymity must run. I have a record to tarnish, people just dismiss your faceless opinions as the worthless ramblings of a troll.

Mrs H1 Have you been reading Chaucer and drinking sherry again?

[Mrs H]

Again? I never stopped
'Experience, though noon auctoritee Were in this world, is right y-nough for me To speke of wo that is in orienteering

[AndyO]

That'll be the sherry, then

...or the merlot?

[smf]

Senior membership £5, Junior membership £2, Flat rate levy £1.30 per run. These are the figures proposed by the Board following a conference call on Sunday 12 February to discuss the membership and levy proposal for the AGM. A number of issues had been raised since the decisions taken at the Board meeting on 14 December 2011. These were discussed and the following points agreed:

A single tier of membership, that is no National or Local Membership.
There should be 2 categories of membership – senior and junior. There would be no family membership category.
A membership fee of £5 which was considered to be the lowest level feasible is to be included in the proposal. This results in all membership fees being lower across Local and National members.
A junior membership fee of £2 is to be included. This indicates that we believe there should be a significant differential between senior and junior membership.
Seniors to be defined as those people in the MW21 age class (21 or older) in the membership year and juniors at the MW20 or below age class (20 or younger in the membership year).
Junior to senior membership should not be a ratio and freedom left to future AGMs to change the ratio although it was noted that a significant differential should be maintained.
No ‘student’ membership category will exist
Levy, there should be a single level at all events except for those events covered by the ‘Partnership Agreement’ (JK/BOCs).
A flat rate levy of £1.30 looked appropriate from current projections
Levy, the ratio of 3 juniors equating to 1 senior for levy purposes should be maintained.
Levy, the ‘student’ category of levy fee will not be maintained

[Paul Frost]

It would be best if this new thread started is used to continue this discussion to avoid confusion with this historic debate and old proposals.

[madmike]

Let BOF (the four country) reps meet and discuss the issues .

good plan but.......

Unlike the other Home Countries, England has no National Association and no National Governing Body. It receives no direct funding from Sport England