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Non-commercial Recreation Blue Mts- fees for clubs 8-Aug-2014 At 9:08:48 PM martym

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On 8/08/2014 jrc wrote:
>So, our BMCC rates for 1 house at Mt Vic are $1400 per year and slated
>to go up by 30% by 2019.
>
>A club with lots of members has to pay $30 all up - not even per member.
>Get real. Thats not even the fuel cost for one car trip there & back from Sydney.
>
>Please try to find something meaningful to get upset about.

Hi jrc, as an formerly active member of a Uni club - I'm not at all upset about paying the council $30 for their admin time. We've run fundraisers for trackcare & regularly join those events.
What I'm concerned about is the implication that for a group of students to go on a social bushwalk - you now need to have $20mil public liability insurance. I'm mainly concerned what that means in the long run for the amazing volunteers who run these activities.

Essentially, when trip leaders hear about potential litigation, they don't organise trips.

What a shame it would be if all these people stop visiting one of the world's most beautiful places because the council is getting nervous about duty of care or what ever this is about.
Having such a low admin fee amplifies that this is not revenue raising - but about passing the buck.
Note that schools are mentioned as well - why on earth do schools have to register with council? Every school has insurance - it's part of being a school!