Sorry guys I am not very computer/internet literate, what does PM mean.
I have also been asked if exhibitors have to pay the entrance fee!! We have never charged an entrance fee for those who exhibit a model on their club stand.
Without meaning to cause offense I find it quite strange that people who willingly spend a couple of hundred pounds on their models seem to object to finding £3 for an entrance fee or even the cost of an envelope and a second class stamp to return an application form. One instance comes to mind when the member of one club was asked to pay a 50p deposit on an ID badge for the 2 day duration of the show, refused and left in his top of the range Range Rover. I am very happy to report that at the end of the show all the members of the guys club donated their 50p deposits towards the cost of the show.
To keep our hobby alive we are doing our best by running a show. If we want to keep that interest alive then it is up to people to support such shows and hopefully attract new and younger members. For the price of a motorway cup of coffee or less than a pint of beer I believe our hobby is worth it. As with any organisation there are those, usually a small minority, who do the work while many are content to just build and sail their own boats. I have no objection to that but at the very least the large majority of the latter should at least support any show that is keeping our hobby alive.As I said I mean no offense to anyone, so sorry if you feel I have offended you but what I have said is a fact of life.