Re: What do you get from YA?

Our club, which is very small, had their fees jump from $250 per year to 
over $3,000 per year.

Needless to say our clubs resignation letter is in the mail to QYA telling

them the new fees are unacceptable.

Garry

"waratah" <bla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "jg" <jg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The Real Andy wrote:
>>> I would be interested in what others think and how you make use of YA.
>>> I went there to find out about the cost of becoming an accredited
>>> trainer for teaching juniors, but its all pretty vague. No idea is put
>>> forward on cost, but no doubt its not cheap. I know for a fact that I
>>> don't use YA for anything, neither does out club, but we all have to
>>> pay a significant amount of fees to be affiliated, which suck for a
>>> small club.
>>>
>>>
>> This came up once before here. The big clubs hate the YA bill most. One

>> of the im****tant things YA gives us is a "union" voice - without that 
>> body we would not escape the state licensing and regulation bodies as 
>> lightly. I bet your club at least has to submit race programs to YA, 
>> unless it's so far out of the way there is no need. That gives us 
>> legitimacy to use waterways in large numbers, which would require some 
>> sort of representation. Just like the clubs, most YA work is voluntary,

>> but money is still needed to run. YA is born of clubs, operated by 
>> members from the clubs. No club I know thinks it gets a "good deal"
from 
>> YA, but most can see the necessity for it that's why it remains.
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> This is a pretty good response.
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