Ups Club Squash Section
‘Virtual’ General Meeting - 04
October 2010
Proposal to Increase Cost
of Six Week Coaching Course from £30 to £42.
And to Offer Discount to
Returning Coachees.
In view of no further committee input, the proposal
to increase the coaching fees to £42 and to offer a discount to returning
coachees, was carried.
[The proposals were subsequently discussed again thoroughly at the 2008 -10 AGM
on 12 May 2011 and approved once again by all the members present]
From: Steve Edwards [mailto:edwards@sketters.co.uk]
Sent: 05 April 2011 18:37
To: 'Mark Sydenham'; 'Andy.Cole@rmh.nhs.uk'; 'Antigoni Divoli'; 'Chris
Bunton'; 'Chris Stott'; 'gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk'; 'Harry Parkes'; 'James Darcy';
'JonathanGear'; 'Laura Robison'; 'louise Johns'; 'Michael Swan'; 'Sandra
Edwards'; 'Sara Dobbins'; 'Simon Doran'; 'SteveEdwards'; 'Tom Buist'
Subject: RE: Committee Newsletter Dec/Jan 2011 / 2 Proposal
Coaching Fees
Dear Mark,
Thanks very much for
your kind input.
How about if we officially
record a criterion of 4 from 6, and in practice let Laura use her discretion on
the actual application in case there are other factors to take into
consideration. After all it’s Laura that would have to run this system, so we
need her valued opinion.
For the time being I
suggest we advertise the discount as per draft as the flyers etc also need to
be printed.
Cheers, Steve
From: Mark Sydenham [mailto:Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk]
Sent: 05 April 2011 17:19
To: Andy.Cole@rmh.nhs.uk; Antigoni Divoli; Chris Bunton; Chris Stott;
gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk; Harry Parkes; James Darcy; JonathanGear; Laura Robison;
louise Johns; Michael Swan; Sandra Edwards; Sara Dobbins; Simon Doran; Steve
Edwards; 'SteveEdwards'; Tom Buist
Subject: Re: Committee Newsletter Dec/Jan 2011 / 2 Proposal
Coaching Fees
That sounds
reasonable (or we could say they could book 2 courses upfront for a reduced
rate). Do we only offer the discount to
those people who have attended all of a previous course? Or more than 4 dates
out of 6?
Mark
From: Simon Doran [mailto:Simon.Doran@icr.ac.uk]
Sent: 05 April 2011 09:18
To: Steve Edwards
Subject: Re: Committee Newsletter Dec/Jan 2011 / 2 Proposal
Coaching Fees
Steve,
Seems good to me.
Simon
From: Steve Edwards [mailto:edwards@sketters.co.uk]
Sent: 04 April 2011 19:40
To: 'Chris.Stott@icr.ac.uk'; 'gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk';
'Louise.Johns@icr.ac.uk'; 'Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk'; 'Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk';
'Antigoni.Divoli@icr.ac.uk'; 'James.Darcy@icr.ac.uk';
'Jonathan.Gear@icr.ac.uk'; 'Sandra.Edwards@icr.ac.uk';
'Michael.Swan@icr.ac.uk'; 'Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk'; 'Harry.Parkes@icr.ac.uk';
'Sara.Dobbins@icr.ac.uk'; 'Simon.Doran@icr.ac.uk'; 'Andy.Cole@rmh.nhs.uk';
'Tom.Buist@icr.ac.uk'; 'Steve Edwards'
Subject: Committee Newsletter Dec/Jan 2011 / 2 Proposal Coaching Fees
Dear All,
Just a quick update
on this as we are planning another coaching course starting on 12th May.
Could I suggest that
we offer the possibility of a discount to returning
coachees who generally had a good attendance record ?
So instead of £42
then perhaps their fees could be a pound or so less per session, say £36.
A discount would only
be offered if we fully cover the cost of the course.
I think offering a
discount should cover all bases as it rewards returning players as they will
already have shown their commitment to attending. New coachees would pay the
full price and our theory of ‘incentivising’ attendance can be put to the test
!
Have attached a draft
with new wording for your consideration….
Cheers, Steve
From: Chris Bunton [mailto:Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk]
Sent: 31 January 2011 09:35
To: Steve Edwards
Subject: Re: Committee Newsletter Jan 2011 Update &
Awards/Prizes/ AGM
Steve
I was going to talk
to you about the course fees at the squash championships, but you were ill.
Hope you are better now.
I think proposal 1
is better. If people do not turn up it is their problem. The course is fun
and most weeks you feel like it improves you as a player, there should not need
to be any incentive to go.
Chris
From: Steve Edwards [mailto:edwards@sketters.co.uk]
Sent: 23 January 2011 18:33
To: 'Chris.Stott@icr.ac.uk'; 'gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk';
'Louise.Johns@icr.ac.uk'; 'Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk'; 'Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk';
'Antigoni.Divoli@icr.ac.uk'; 'James.Darcy@icr.ac.uk';
'Jonathan.Gear@icr.ac.uk'; 'Sandra.Edwards@icr.ac.uk'; 'Michael.Swan@icr.ac.uk';
'Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk'; 'Harry.Parkes@icr.ac.uk'; 'Sara.Dobbins@icr.ac.uk';
'Simon.Doran@icr.ac.uk'; 'Edwards, Steve'
Subject: Committee Newsletter Jan 2011 Update &
Awards/Prizes/ AGM
Extract from Committee Newsletter January 2011
Just to come back to
the December Newsletter.
2 Proposals
There were 2
proposals regarding the coaching fees and potential surpluses.
You will have read
Laura and Mark’s kind responses. Thank you for these.
Perhaps their views
should form the basis of further debate. However we shouldn’t forget that Laura
is kindly running this facility for us, so perhaps we should give more weight
to her views as she will ultimately be at the sharp end (of the fence !)
There didn’t seem to
be any dissent towards adding a £2 pound coin facility to the meter, so I’ll
address this at the same time as the warranty repair.
From: Mark Sydenham [mailto:Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk]
Sent: 04 January 2011 10:10
To: Antigoni Divoli; Chris Bunton; Chris Stott; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk; Harry
Parkes; JamesDarcy; Jonathan Gear; Laura Robison; louise Johns; Michael Swan;
SandraEdwards; Sara Dobbins; Simon Doran; SteveEdwards; Steve' 'Edwards
Subject: Re: Squash Committee Newsletter December 2010
Happy New Year to you
all. Lovely update Steve so thanks for
this and all the hard work you put in the rest of the year.
I am split on the
proposals for the coaching surplus. The surplus should go into the
club for general use but not sure how this should be spent. Firstly I agree that it should go to any
shortfall in the coaching though what is the possible shortfall unless the
course is under subscribed? We could
offer reduced prices for subsequent coaching courses but does this go against
the argument that people are more likely to turn up if they have paid their own
money? And is there a minimum attendance level that they need to achieve to
qualify for the discount?
We could offer to pay
for food at the next "fun evening" at David Lloyd but we have to be
careful that it is not seen as just for the committee (or should that be
"hard core"?). I know that we advertised it to everyone so it was
open to all. I don't know how many
people can be accommodated at such an evening as it seemed quite full last time
so presumably there is a restriction on numbers and how would we do this?
So no real
conclusions from me I'm afraid (New Years resolution is to sit on the fence
more).
£2 coins are a good
idea for the meter.
Mark
From: Laura Robison [mailto:Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk]
Sent: 04 January 2011 09:51
To: Antigoni Divoli; Chris Bunton; Chris Stott; Harry Parkes; James Darcy;
Jonathan Gear; louise Johns; Mark Sydenham; Michael Swan; Sandra Edwards; Sara
Dobbins; Simon Doran; Steve' 'Edwards; Steve Edwards; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: Squash Committee Newsletter December 2010
Hi all,
Thanks for the update
Steve.
Re excess money from
coaching course:
I think proposal 2
would be a good incentive for coachees to attend more of the sessions, as it is
a bit disappointing when only 1 or 2 turn up for a lesson or none at all which
was the case for the final beginners lesson before Christmas. It might be a bit complicated to work out who
is owed money back though- we might have to make them sign a register as I
don't think I can commit to being at the court each Thursday to monitor
attendance.
Re £2 coins in meter-
yes, good idea
Laura
From: Steve Edwards [mailto:edwards@sketters.co.uk]
Sent: 21 December 2010 18:15
To: 'Chris.Stott@icr.ac.uk'; 'gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk';
'Louise.Johns@icr.ac.uk'; 'Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk'; 'Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk';
'Antigoni.Divoli@icr.ac.uk'; 'James.Darcy@icr.ac.uk';
'Jonathan.Gear@icr.ac.uk'; 'Sandra.Edwards@icr.ac.uk';
'Michael.Swan@icr.ac.uk'; 'Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk'; 'Harry.Parkes@icr.ac.uk';
'Sara.Dobbins@icr.ac.uk'; 'Simon.Doran@icr.ac.uk'; 'Edwards, Steve'
Subject: Squash Committee Newsletter December 2010
Extract from Committee Newsletter December 2010
Just also to let you know that Ron was told in
November that we anticipated making a bit more profit on the 6 week courses
because the charge was raised from £30 up to £42. Ron was offered a rise, but
kindly declined. Can I therefore make the following proposals:
Proposal 1:
that any extra monies raised can be used to subsidise food at any future ‘Fun
Night’. The participants will essentially be coachees so they will get their
‘money’ back. This of course is not forgetting that any profits will go towards
the loss we make as a club on court revenue on Thursday nights. Ron was fine
with this suggestion.
Proposal 2:
This proposal has also been discussed with Laura. We could give discounts on further courses to
coachees who have paid the full £42. In essence the price was raised
from £30 to £42 in order to try to incentivise people to continue attending -
the idea being that quite a bit of money has been paid out, and so participants
don’t want to waste it. In effect the proposal means that if people have a good
attendance record then they will be ‘rewarded’ with subsequent discounts ?
From: Edwards, Steve
[mailto:Steve.Edwards@imperial.nhs.uk]
Sent: 05 October 2010 11:43
To: Laura Robison; Mark Sydenham;
Steve Edwards
Cc: Antigoni Divoli; Chris Bunton; Chris Stott; James Darcy; Jonathan Gear;
louise Johns; Michael Swan; Sandra Edwards; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Formal 6 Week Coaching /
Fee increase / Agreed £42
Dear Mark & Laura,
cc Squash Committee,
Thanks very much for
your kind input.
I'll amend the notice
accordingly and send to RMH now.
Cheers, Steve
From: Laura
Robison [mailto:Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk]
Sent:
05 October 2010 11:20
To:
Mark Sydenham; Edwards, Steve; Steve Edwards
Cc: Antigoni Divoli;
Chris Bunton; Chris Stott; James Darcy; Jonathan Gear; louise Johns; Michael
Swan; Sandra Edwards; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk
Subject:
RE: Formal 6 Week Coaching / Fee increase ?
Yes the reserves
sometimes join the lesson if someone can't make it that
week/pull out from the
course mid-way through.
From:
Mark Sydenham [mailto:Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk]
Sent:
05 October 2010 11:13
To:
Laura Robison; Steve Edwards; Steve Edwards
Cc: Antigoni Divoli;
Chris Bunton; Chris Stott; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk; James Darcy; JonathanGear;
louise Johns; Michael Swan; Sandra Edwards
Subject:
RE: Formal 6 Week Coaching / Fee increase ?
Do we allow people to
have the odd lesson?
From:
Laura Robison [mailto:Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk]
Sent:
05 October 2010 11:13
To:
Mark Sydenham; Steve Edwards; Steve Edwards
Cc: Antigoni Divoli;
Chris Bunton; Chris Stott; James Darcy; Jonathan Gear; louise Johns; Michael
Swan; Sandra Edwards; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk
Subject:
RE: Formal 6 Week Coaching / Fee increase ?
Yes, that makes it an
easier number to deal with if people turn up for
the odd lesson.
L
From: Edwards,
Steve [mailto:Steve.Edwards@imperial.nhs.uk]
Sent:
05 October 2010 11:01
To:
Mark Sydenham; Laura Robison; Steve Edwards
Cc: Antigoni Divoli;
Chris Bunton; Chris Stott; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk; James Darcy; JonathanGear;
louise Johns; Michael Swan; Sandra Edwards
Subject:
RE: Formal 6 Week Coaching / Fee increase ?
Dear Mark,
I’m fine with your
suggestion - thanks.
Laura how about you ?
Cheers, Steve
From:
Mark Sydenham [mailto:Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk]
Sent:
05 October 2010 09:59
To:
Laura Robison; Steve Edwards; Edwards, Steve
Cc: Antigoni Divoli;
Chris Bunton; Chris Stott; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk; James Darcy; JonathanGear;
louise Johns; Michael Swan; Sandra Edwards
Subject:
RE: Formal 6 Week Coaching
Laura and Steve
I agree that we should
raise the cost. But rather than say it will cost around £40 why not put the
actual cost. Is it £40? Perhaps we ought to say £42 which is £7 a lesson?
Mark
From:
Steve Edwards [mailto:edwards@sketters.co.uk]
Sent:
04 October 2010 19:35
To:
'Laura Robison'; 'Edwards, Steve'
Cc:
'Chris.Stott@icr.ac.uk'; 'gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk'; 'Louise.Johns@icr.ac.uk';
'Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk'; 'Antigoni.Divoli@icr.ac.uk';
'James.Darcy@icr.ac.uk'; 'Jonathan.Gear@icr.ac.uk'; 'Sandra.Edwards@icr.ac.uk';
'Michael.Swan@icr.ac.uk'; 'Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk'
Subject:
RE: Formal 6 Week Coaching
Dear Laura - Here a
DRAFT for the Marsden Bulletin:
I think it’s time to
increase the cost of the course. This is
in line with what Ron’s been thinking for a couple of years now. We may not be charging
enough to keep attendance levels up for the 6 weeks as coachees may not have
complete commitment because they don’t stand to lose that much money.
I suggest we increase
the cost from £30 to £40. So have copied in the committee for their views.
The other plus would be
that we can give a Ron a rise - the last one was in 2007 !
Cheers, Steve
Steve
Edwards
Ups Club
Squash Section Chairman
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