Scott, whether or not enforceable it was a principle that the British Orienteering membership supported much like the +£2 non-member surcharge most clubs now charge which I think resulted from AGM discussion/motion. Pretty sure there hasn't been an AGM discussion/motion to overturn the student rate principle. Your suggestion fits perfectly with an intermediate fee.
I don't think my club has a written policy on what to charge students, but this weekend's level B events are charging students junior rate.
The rules could also be amended to state that students pay junior. Clubs would still set the actual fees. But that's a battle the students of today would have to take on, a someone turn up to the AGM with a lot of signed proxy voting forms.
Sorry to those who wanted to read about Robin Hood event. I've led it a bit off topic.
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Don't get me wrong: I'm fully in favour of student discounts, and I'm still sad that all the effort we went to in 2011 to lessen the financial hit for clubs only lasted a year.
But entry fees - with the arguable exception of the partnership events - are set by clubs, and BOF doesn't have the power to tell them what they can or can't charge. Clubs aren't even required to offer a junior discount if they don't want to, although they are still entitled to pay the reduced levy...
The £2 surcharge idea shows this perfectly: BOF tried to introduce it, some clubs just refused to implement it, and BOF couldn't do anything to enforce it. We've ended up with a compromise where different clubs voluntarily offer different discounts to different groups of people at different levels of event.
Short of resurrecting the 2011 motion, the most effective thing we can do is to make some noise at club committee meetings - they are where the power here lies.
But entry fees - with the arguable exception of the partnership events - are set by clubs, and BOF doesn't have the power to tell them what they can or can't charge. Clubs aren't even required to offer a junior discount if they don't want to, although they are still entitled to pay the reduced levy...
The £2 surcharge idea shows this perfectly: BOF tried to introduce it, some clubs just refused to implement it, and BOF couldn't do anything to enforce it. We've ended up with a compromise where different clubs voluntarily offer different discounts to different groups of people at different levels of event.
Short of resurrecting the 2011 motion, the most effective thing we can do is to make some noise at club committee meetings - they are where the power here lies.
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