Goodwood Full Membership

[RGG]

Ian Wegg said:

RGG said:

ecsrobin said:

Surprisingly, you would think that joining the waitlist is automatic when joining the fellowship, but in traditional Goodwood style that is not the case and I suspect your friend has not ticked the box.

I would think the same, and he did tick the box.

I'd get him to double-check that he's on the list. The easiest way would be to call the office.

There doesn't seem to be a straightforward way of looking online but if he goes to his purchase history there should be a zero-cost purchase for "GRRC - Member in Waiting".

If you have a lot of transactions you can filter by Product Type: "Memberships", which is below "Home Games", "Away Games" and "Season Tickets". Do you get the feeling Goodwood bought this system secondhand?

I was wondering about his geographical location and thus his perceived spending potential.

Edited by RGG on Sunday 27th October 22:21

[Ian Wegg]

RGG said:

I was wondering about his geographical location and thus his perceived spending potential.

I doubt that. To paraphrase Hanlon, when it comes to Goodwood "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by faulty I.T."

[SarahGoodwood]

Dear RGG,

Please ask your friend to contact the GRRC team - they will be able to see when he joined the 'member-in-waiting' list and therefore be able to advise when he might be invited to upgrade. The invitations are sent purely based on who is at the top of the 'member-in-waiting' list - no other criteria apply.

The GRRC team can be contacted by telephone [phone]) or by email ([e-mail]).

With best wishes,

Sarah

[RGG]

SarahGoodwood said:

Dear RGG,

Please ask your friend to contact the GRRC team - they will be able to see when he joined the 'member-in-waiting' list and therefore be able to advise when he might be invited to upgrade. The invitations are sent purely based on who is at the top of the 'member-in-waiting' list - no other criteria apply.

The GRRC team can be contacted by telephone [phone]) or by email ([e-mail]).

With best wishes,

Sarah

Thank you Sarah,

I'll do that.
Then we'll see what the actual position is.
The "Fellow" membership - I did think in the conversational moment - Has it been going for six years.
Then, I couldn't find my way to saying that I had just joined the "Full Membership" after two years.
Anyway, I'll let him know about your suggestion.

Thanks again.

[Ian Wegg]

RGG said:

The "Fellow" membership - I did think in the conversational moment - Has it been going for six years.

(Channeling my inner Andy Zaltzman...) The fellowship launched in June 2017. It cost £39 and had 7,800 "Fellows"(sic) by the end of the year.

[RGG]

Ian Wegg said:

RGG said:

The "Fellow" membership - I did think in the conversational moment - Has it been going for six years.

(Channeling my inner Andy Zaltzman...) The fellowship launched in June 2017. It cost £39 and had 7,800 "Fellows"(sic) by the end of the year.

Time flies..

Yes, Hanlon's Razor!

Would you mind if I added a [sic] to your (sic)

I beg your pardon.

[RGG]

SarahGoodwood said:

Dear RGG,

Please ask your friend to contact the GRRC team - they will be able to see when he joined the 'member-in-waiting' list and therefore be able to advise when he might be invited to upgrade. The invitations are sent purely based on who is at the top of the 'member-in-waiting' list - no other criteria apply.

The GRRC team can be contacted by telephone [phone]) or by email ([e-mail]).

With best wishes,

Sarah

i messaged him this morning for him to say he'd just had the invite and was looking at responding.
I know it's nearly halloween but ............

And now literally he's just messaged to say he's "done it".

[ecsrobin]

I see Pistonheads are now running sponsored adds on Facebook for membership to the GRRC, funny how they want them to spread the word but won’t allow resale.

Anyway, not seen any talk of membership fees increasing this year? Have they held them?

[No ideas for a name]

ecsrobin said:

I see Pistonheads are now running sponsored adds on Facebook for membership to the GRRC, funny how they want them to spread the word but won’t allow resale.

Anyway, not seen any talk of membership fees increasing this year? Have they held them?

£355 this year.

[ecsrobin]

No ideas for a name said:

£355 this year.

So no change.

[No ideas for a name]

ecsrobin said:

No ideas for a name said:

£355 this year.

So no change.

I think it was £335 last year - though I can't find a proper record of it... if so it has gone up £20

I was going to make a longer post about the renewals a while back - but then thought - what is the point - it is, what it is.
It didn't get 'better' this last year. I didn't really see any 'benefits', but I am too stupid accept defeat and give up.

Almost nothing happened on the forum - accept the one post which cheered me up where a member was complaining that the GRRC window sticker 'glue' wasn't very sticky. The forum looks largely abandoned, bar some ticket resale stuff. Maybe because they moved stuff to Facebook - which then excludes me.

I didn't find any of the new areas this year, apparently something was in the infield at Madgwick. but I must have walked past it.

I finally realised that FoS (sponsored by Bank-o-card) isn't something I like. I realised I should stop trying to like it and just not bother. I was entirely happy with that choice and watched literally 10 minutes on the live stream and saw that I had made the right choice. Not a downer on those who think it is great - everyone is different - it just isn't my thing. It does however make the membership effectively 'more expensive' per event that I do go to.
I still think there is a case for splitting, hill members and circuit members - but it won't happen.

Revival - my main memory this year was a group of 'schoolboys' (or at least fully grown men in schoolboy outfits) who were drunk out of their trees, mouthy and obnoxious - who then crammed in to one of the covered areas around the back of the circuit and propmpty stood in front of people who had got a seat/location and had been sitting there for ages waiting for a race to start.
Certainly not the 'right crowd and no crowding'. It has reduced to being a place to be seen, and not really for motorsport enthusiasts.

Members' meeting - this remains the high light. Hopefully it won't get ruined.

[gt40steve]

No ideas for a name said:

ecsrobin said:

No ideas for a name said:

Revival - my main memory this year was a group of 'schoolboys' (or at least fully grown men in schoolboy outfits) who were drunk out of their trees, mouthy and obnoxious

To that merry band I'll add the couple who used one of the disabled viewing platforms as a weekend long, free of charge, grandstand.
No mobility aids, they walked fine, both of them at different times were able to go off solo & return ladened down with food and drinks.
The great thing was, people in wheelchairs were stuck outside where they couldn't see & in the rain...

What a pair of selfish unrelenting stnuc.

Edited by gt40steve on Wednesday 4th December 12:48

[Ian.Campbell]

I got my 25 year bar for my GRRC medal.

[34053]

[quote=Ian.Campbell]

I got my 25 year bar for my GRRC medal.[/quote


Congrats!

[themightychimp]

Has anyone else received an invitation to upgrade to full member from Fellowship?
I’ve just got a letter, a little surprised to get it though as I only declined the opportunity a year ago because a joining fee was being applied, despite being a Fellowship member for many years.
I recall being sternly informed that I’d be moved to the back of the queue, which I thought was a 3 year wait or more, so I wasn’t expecting the invitation so soon.
I was keen to do it, but the £375 fee is rather more than I’d expected & not sure I’m convinced by whats offered beyond Fellowship. I guess that existing members may have questioned the value of this too which is why my invitation has come through so quickly. I’m kind of on the fence right now…

[No ideas for a name]

themightychimp said:

Has anyone else received an invitation to upgrade to full member from Fellowship?
I ve just got a letter, a little surprised to get it though as I only declined the opportunity a year ago because a joining fee was being applied, despite being a Fellowship member for many years.
I recall being sternly informed that I d be moved to the back of the queue, which I thought was a 3 year wait or more, so I wasn t expecting the invitation so soon.
I was keen to do it, but the £375 fee is rather more than I d expected & not sure I m convinced by whats offered beyond Fellowship. I guess that existing members may have questioned the value of this too which is why my invitation has come through so quickly. I m kind of on the fence right now

Does that mean this year's membership fee is £375?
Usually, the joining fee is the same as that year's membership.. i.e. you pay two lots in the first year.
But as I understand it, you get your fees, paid whilst an Associate Member, knocked off.

[bergclimber34]

Pretty brutal tactics, but plenty just do it, so why would they change

[Unreal]

Goodwood aren't the equivalent of Easyjet. They don't want to be perceived as cheap, they aren't cheap and they don't need to be.

Is Wentworth membership cheap? Too expensive? Well then play at the local municipal course.

I cannot understand why people get hugely exercised by the cost of joining something that is completely optional. Where I get more interested is when costs are increased above the rate of inflation at the same time as membership benefits are eroded.

[urquattroGus]

I got an upgrade letter too.

£375 plus one off £100 so total of £475 to "upgrade"

Feel like a mug but always wanted to try it so will.

[A993LAD]

I think the membership fee is worth it just to get access to the lavant bank parking so I can take my car full of champagne right up to the edge of the circuit for the members meeting and the revival.

anything else is just a bonus, but they do organise some good regional drives around the country which are free so I try and book as many of those as possible.

and regular use of the kennels for drinks, lunches and dinners is quite nice if you live locally.