The new agreement has some significant changes. There are five pages of "How we will work together..." - undoubtedly important, although not sure it'll make a huge difference to operations on the ground. But most significant are the fees.
Major events are the winners. E.g. previously JK would be looking at £2300 per day, whereas now it would be ~£1200 for a first day and ~£450 for subsequent days. Although that is somewhat immaterial for JK, because the way I think most would approach the budget is to figure out your costs, and profit you want, and set the entry fees accordingly (and difference of an extra pound on a £25 major event entry fee to cover higher access fees is not a big deal).
Local events are the big losers. Under the previous agreement they were free up to 25 participants, and £50 up to 249 participants. Under the new agreement there is a £105+VAT minimum fee for any size of event.
Were others aware of this? What are clubs thoughts? How will you handle it? I guess clubs have choices like:
- direct pass it on to participants with increased fees
- run small events at a loss and cover it from profits from bigger events or existing funds in the bank
- avoid using FE areas.