So if I decide to cap at 100 entrants, that is 100 cards, which I believe is 100 quid (perm cards are a quid each... is it the same for events cards?).
This is curious, I print my own cards for RUSA events, don't AUK allow that? More often though, for perms, I send an email attachment to the rider; cost zero.
This is not quite correct. For Permanent Events then the brevets must be purchased in advance, even for validation-by-GPS entries, and the validation fee is baked into the brevet fee and is paid
up-front.
For Calendar Events, the brevets can be bought pre-printed, blank, or (by arrangement, I think) alternative brevets can be sourced at own cost (e.g. LEL); however, validation fees are paid against only those riders who complete the event successfully, and that is charged separately from the brevet fee. Calendar-event payments are all settled
after the event. Typically, card orders go in two weeks before the event, so organisers of events with open-ended entries must over-order, and to this end I do have a pile of blanks in the drawer, in case I need to print up some more — they don't go out of date and will get used at some point.
Also, I wonder why AUK insists on sitting on so much money; a lack of fiduciary responsibility comes to mind. Can the membership force a disbursement?
As I pointed out up-thread, the £300k was never a specific aim, more an outcome of not having anything worthwhile to spend it on. The Board has asked at a number of previous AGMs what the membership would like them to do with it, but not much has ever come of it. Forcing a disbursement is probably not a brilliant plan, as it has no specific benefit to the membership; it
might* also be questionable under UK law, given the type of company AUK operates as.
* I have no idea whether it would or not, it's just that certain company types can do certain things with cash-in-the-bank, and giving it back to the membership might not be one of them.
