Obvious question, which I'm sure someone is itching to ask - does this mean that the club insurance rules have changed? The old understanding of the insurance policy was that there was that after a short "guest" period, the only acceptable insurance was via CTC/Cycling UK membership. Which, I have to admit, didn't make sense from a risk management perspective.
Happy to take offline, or simply accept that the answer is "yes, the insurers/CUK have changed the rules".
The rules have not changed. We now have a much clearer idea of how much latitude is given to Affiliate Groups in how they administer the rules. Simon did it one way. We tried it a slightly different way last year. Administratively that was a headache and did nothing to forestall questions or help provide answers. We hope the new Fridays policy (which is still within the rules that were there all along) will make life simpler for everyone.
ETA: There is one aspect that
is "new", at least to us. (It may have been this way all along, in any case, we now understand it where we didn't, clearly, before.) And that is: Anyone taking out Cycling UK
Affiliate membership naming The Fridays as their affiliated club must have already joined The Fridays and paid their annual subscription. Until they pay their subs, their CUK membership is not valid/in force. In practice, CUK aren't going to police this. But if someone claims rights under their CUK membership (e.g. insurance claim? legal assistance?) and we are unable to confirm that they are a current paid up member of The Fridays, then the game is up.
