Dear Forum Users,
I have been a very happy owner of a Cape Cutter since 2006. I really enjoy being part of a community of Cape Cutter owners and enthusiasts. I have learned many useful things through this forum and have recently become part of the CC19 Association committee.
On that committee we hope to work together to improve our association. I live most of the time in Greece and that is where I sail my boat. I have never met another Cape Cutter owner and it is unlikely that I will get a chance to sail in company unless I can succeed in persuading someone to base another boat in my area. Despite this remoteness I genuinely feel part of an international family of owners and enthusiasts.
I have made some proposals to the committee in the past couple of days and I would like to share a couple of them here and invite feedback. I really don't mind whether you agree or disagree, it is opinions that are needed to allow informed decisions on the committee.
At the moment anyone can join this forum and benefit from it's content. It has helped many people learn about these boats and encouraged people to invest in them. This is a vital function of the forum and it is open and free to everyone.
I am putting forward the idea that this free access to the forum should be time limited to 12 months. This is plenty of time for anyone to delve into the deepest corners glean information and to ask questions.
At the end of 12 months I would like forum members to be asked whether they wish to curtail their forum membership or whether they would like to become full Cape Cutter Association members at a cost of £5 per year.
In short is access to the forum in itself worth an annual subscription of £5?
I think the advantage of this is that it would help those of us who wish to be part of the association to contribute to it. It will enable the CC19A to grow and by having paid up members allow us to function more as a club than just a free forum.
We have recently invite Mike Brooke to be our Honorary President, he has accepted and so we are starting to form ourselves into something more cohesive. My Cape Cutter gives me enormous pleasure and even though I have ever met another Cape Cutter owner I do feel part of a family. I would like that family to grow and I think using the forum as a first stage to encourage full association members is a logical first step.
Please give some feedback on what you think about this. It will help me and other committee members to reach some informed decisions.
Cheers
Chris Wicks
CC19 67 Kaliope