Hopefully the appointments convince everyone that things are starting to move forward.

There's been a huge amount of constructive input on this thread, and I know that Ash has taken it all on board for forthcoming improvements.

I won't lock the thread, as I agree with Owain it's a good opportunity for more option. But I will ask why we have to have many negative comments from such a small number of people? I can understand those who have paid for membership being concerned if they're getting value for money, but those who haven't, IMO, you've made your point and now you can afford to zip it for a while.

For what it's worth, the Admin members were chosen because of their optimistic and helpful attitude towards the club as a whole - and from the feedback it seems that a lot of people agree, quite rightly, with the choices.

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Yeah, personally I've never met either of them, have no idea who they are and have spent all day resenting them

If it weren't for the fact I knew you really just wanted attention, I'd point out that I was really talking about you!

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Read a bit of that in there if I am honest. What's the point of paying for membership if decisions are only being made by a select few and some suggestions are automatically discarded in the "impractical" pile?

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I think we need to appreciate that just because some members don't choose to pay, doesn't mean they don't have a voice and should 'Zip'.

Payments are made in return for perks. None of which I require, so I made that decision. It doesn't mean I should 'Zip'.

There are many long standing, highly respected members who chose not to pay. And have since actually become less active. Some knowledge and a portion of atmosphere has been lost because of this.

If you don't want to hear from people who haven't paid to enter competitions, ask for technical info and receive a larger PM capacity, then concider making the feedback section available for paying members only?

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This kind of comment gets us nowhere. I've repeatedly said that EVERY suggestion gets heard an is welcome.



You're paying for membership, not shares in the company. If you join a squash club, who do you think makes the decisions there?

Also, seeing as you have no idea what random suggestions people send me, I don't think you're in a position to criticise.

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I still think the only way to stop the 'i've paid/i dont see the point in paying' divide is to restrict more/all sections for non payers

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said the guy who has paid



responded the guy who hasnt

The ideas are bounded around repeatedly.

I'l let someone else fight the corner on this one.

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frustration is pretty much the only issue relating to the membership charges. people paid in good faith and it's not really got any better whatsoever and little [seems to have been] done to combat it. so now you've got all non-payers sticking stuff in general, people answering them and then the people who've paid feeling frustrated that they've effectively paid for absolutely nothing other than to prop the backbone of the club up without any gain over non-payers

plenty of suggestions how to get around it, plenty of comments saying it's being done but what's going on really? who knows

great, we've got new admin [whom i'm happy for btw ] but the issues all remain. what can admin do? move the stuff posted by non-payers into the right sections and then everyone else answer it? [and the non-payer not be able to reply anyway ]

seriously, how many people need password resets and forget their passwords?! how many people get banned daily? i appreciate admin probably get a lot of questions and stuff sent to them but i don't see that now membership is introduced that moving threads around makes much difference. from what it sounds like the new admin are just here to monitor stuff more, which is great, but they can't do anything else so ultimately it's up to ash to do what he sees fit

there's been loads of threads about stuff to improve things here and there months and months ago

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people are always going to post stuff in general though that's blatantly meant to go somewhere else but this is just life but moving stuff to other sections for all to see / members only to reply to feels a bit shit when you've paid to help improve the club and it isn't doing that

no idea what to suggest, maybe new users should post in an intro / newbies section first, where they're given basic info like where to post, how to join, fee etc..

i think if this site was marketed and ran really well it'd be a great asset and you could get a decent amount of money through it.. it just seems to be you pay for nothing atall.. even when i joined the PSOOC years ago i think i got a flyer and a magazine every year showing events etc

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I'm not saying everyone should pay i'm just saying if theres a membership structure then it should be for everyone but say £5 flat rate for all, i'm sure most would pay a fiver, as rikky says us members who have paid do feel as though we've paid for nothing and i'd say come renewal time will think twice about paying

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you got a little medal next to your username didnt you...! shirley thats worth a fiver at least