Cmca ingham

the rocket · Guru

Cmca ingham

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Do you have a name apart from "the rocket"?

It is a strict requirement at Ingham that NO grey water will go onto the ground. PERIOD!
This requirement is set by the local council because of the sensitivity of the area.
For those who do not have a grey water tank or sealed system tote of their own, there will be tote tanks available for loan at the site.
The RVer will need to equip their vehicle to connect to that tote so that NO GREY water is spilled, EVER. The details of that arrangement are still being resolved, but a tap on the grey outlet will be required and a connection method to the tote.
There is a dump point on site for disposal of grey and black water.

Caravaners are not quite full members, because they don't have voting rights in the Club, but they can make full use of ALL of the Member benefits.
Ingham is the first of a planned large number of CMCA RV Parks to be established across the country. Fees are $5 pvpn. Members only.
There will be potable water and a dump point at each and a camp host in attendance.

It is expected that the grey water requirements and facilities at Ingham will be repeated at all other CMCA RV Parks as they are established.

Cheers,
Peter

-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Monday 2nd of May 2016 04:49:37 PM

brickies · Guru

I have seen that Ingham is now $10 a night , Me think I would stay in a caravan park $25 extra for no fuss power and shower .

the rocket · Guru

Thanks peter n margaret. I heard that just recently cmca changed to allowing caravans full membership.

the rocket · Guru

brickies wrote:
I have seen that Ingham is now $10 a night , Me think I would stay in a caravan park $25 extra for no fuss power and shower .

I now think the same as you brickies but not $35 a night though.

-- Edited by the rocket on Monday 2nd of May 2016 06:04:01 PM

Lorries · Veteran Member

For CMCA members (and you can join at the gate if you want and can satisfy the self containment requirements) Ingham RV Park is currently free to stay. It will eventually be $3 per person when other parks come on line but as a special to our members it is free until advised otherwise.

-- Edited by Lorries on Monday 2nd of May 2016 07:15:47 PM

BaupleNut · Senior Member

the rocket wrote:
Thanks peter n margaret. I heard that just recently cmca changed to allowing caravans full membership.

I don't think you are allowed to set up camp beside a motorhome, I could be wrong but not from what I have heard about the annual rallies.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Thank you for the fee correction Lorraine.

BaupleNut wrote
I don't think you are allowed to set up camp beside a motorhome, I could be wrong but not from what I have heard about the annual rallies.

Where do you people get this rubbish? Do you sit up all night inventing this stuff?

I am not a regular rally goer, but they sometimes allocate spaces according to rig length to make the most of the area available. That has nothing to do with caravans.

Cheers,

Peter

-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 12:31:56 AM

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

Interesting Peter confuse The CMCA rally held in Sale Victoria a few years ago had motorhomes at one location and the caravans in another location.

Not just segregated on the rally site ... but a separate site for vans.

Cheers - John

brickies · Guru

We went to visit friends at a rally in Toowoomba years back and each type of motor home had their own section , They were in Toyota Coaster area .

gregnshas · Senior Member

Guy's, I have just returned from the Bathurst Rally, and I can assure you it is exactly as Peter has said caravans and motorhomes were placed to best utilise space all mixed together and no segregation at all.

Cheers
Greg

Lorries · Veteran Member

What rubbish is spoken here - is it just jealousy or lack of knowledge? I have just come from the Bathurst Rally and all types of vehicles were mixed in together including that so called dreaded word "caravan" which you seem to think us motorhomers hate. I even had a caravan opposite me parked next to a big Winebago Explorer and parked next to a Hi-Ace on the other side. There is no segregation so get over it (sure there MAY have been in years gone by but things have changed). A lot of caravaners don't wave either but I don't lose sleep over it. Some big motorhomes don't wave to me either and again I don't lose sleep over it.

-- Edited by Lorries on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 08:59:06 AM

BaupleNut · Senior Member

I would seem on the surface that CMCA are coming in from the dark and allowing caravaners everything except voting rights, now in a free society to many that seems outlandish. Many private organizations have been forced to change over the years on membership restrictions through public pressure and I sure it will be the case here also. I have noticed a step towards this with the CMCA taking out another business name (Campervan Motorhome and Caravan Club of Australia) in Sept 2015.

Ron-D · Guru

Why would any one in there right mind that owns a caravan want to join that club ,read between the lines on all these posts ..

Free camping just using common sense on how you leave the places you stay at is good enough, without all this Club B/s makes more sense to me.

Ron...

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

BaupleNut wrote:
I have noticed a step towards this with the CMCA taking out another business name (Campervan Motorhome and Caravan Club of Australia) in Sept 2015.

This is not a step towards anything. It is simply protecting the use of names similar to that of the Club.

Cheers,

Peter

PeterD · Guru

rockylizard wrote:
Interesting Peter The CMCA rally held in Sale Victoria a few years ago had motorhomes at one location and the caravans in another location.
Not just segregated on the rally site ... but a separate site for vans.

The old brigade has been eased out of the management positions. Things have changed at a great rate. Anyone like to open a book on how soon full membership will be available to caravanners?

Bugsy · Veteran Member

Gee I shake my head with some of the things I see written re the CMCA. I often work at rallies parking the incoming vehicles and I can assure you there is no discrimination based on vehicle type. The simple fact is the the vehicles are parked to get the maximum in without running out of space.

As for associate members, which by the way is open to anybody, whether you have a caravan or a push bike or nothing, you just have to have an interest in the club. Associates are entitled to all the benefits of the club except holding office and voting, no different to many other clubs. As to whether full membership will be granted to associate members is a matter for the members themselves and can only be changed by a change in the constitution which requires a 75% majority vote to happen, just like many other clubs. posts on various forum is likely to have little influence on the process if and when it happens.

JamesW · Member

That has been the case for some time now.

JamesW · Member

Not yet!

JamesW · Member

the rocket wrote:
brickies wrote:
I have seen that Ingham is now $10 a night , Me think I would stay in a caravan park $25 extra for no fuss power and shower .
I now think the same as you brickies but not $35 a night though.

-- Edited by the rocket on Monday 2nd of May 2016 06:04:01 PM

Thank goodness we can all make our own choices.

Swoffer · Senior Member

So this CMCA I assume is an Campervan / Motor Home club ?

And they will allow me to be a member of their club if I have a caravan but I wont have any voting rights in the club , correct ?

Roving-Dutchy · Guru

I have a caravan and I am member of CMCA I have all the membership benefits except the right to vote, but that doesn't bother me one jot, the monthly magazine is excellent and the benefits are being added to as the months go by, there is scheme were you can stay on members properties and the list is growing month by month, there are deals being made where you can stay at a caravan park for $10 a night with in most cases just the use of the toilet facilities but you need to be self contained.
There are also a number of van parks where the fee is discounted by 10% if you are a CMCA member
All in all the yearly membership fee is well worth it for all the many benefits that being a member brings, but no one is forced to join so why the moaning here about CMCA.
Cheers
David

msg · Guru

We had friends staying at INgham cmca park. Went to visit. My what a rude person the camp host was.
I have a cmca leave no trace certified m/home but, there was no way she was going to let me drive in. A c/van pulled up behind me and all she said was get out of the way. Bias to c/vans? LOL.
The caravan was not self contained and belonged to my friends which is why we weren!t staying and after a chat with our friends staying there were moving on to a CP for the night.

meetoo · Guru

Swoffer wrote:
So this CMCA I assume is an Campervan / Motor Home club ?

And they will allow me to be a member of their club if I have a caravan but I wont have any voting rights in the club , correct ?

If they gave caravaners voting rights, the motorhome management risks being voted out and taken over by caravaners.

Cheers, John.

blissonwheels · Senior Member

Gooday,
Think you will find this park is closed until after the Wet season.
Yes we are CMCA members, (Associate), but feel it is worth our while even though I would like Caravaners to have full rights am still happy with what we get from our membership.

Santa · Guru

meetoo wrote:
Swoffer wrote:
So this CMCA I assume is an Campervan / Motor Home club ?

And they will allow me to be a member of their club if I have a caravan but I wont have any voting rights in the club , correct ?
If they gave caravaners voting rights, the motorhome management risks being voted out and taken over by caravaners.
Cheers, John.

Exactly.

We can see by the reaction between many caravaners and motorhomers in a number of online forums, there is little love lost between many of them

We were members of a sporting association many years ago, in our ignorance we allowed social members to outnumber active competing members, you guessed it, social members had voting rights.

Went to a meeting one afternoon, the social members had a bee up their nose about something, the upshot being they moved to wind up the club, and having the numbers they won.

If you want problems in an organisation give social or associate members an equal vote, split the membership and allow time, it'll happen. smile

JamesW · Member

Swoffer wrote:
So this CMCA I assume is an Campervan / Motor Home club ?

And they will allow me to be a member of their club if I have a caravan but I wont have any voting rights in the club , correct ?

Campervans &

Motorhome

Club of

Australia

Santa · Guru

JamesW wrote:
Swoffer wrote:
So this CMCA I assume is an Campervan / Motor Home club ?

And they will allow me to be a member of their club if I have a caravan but I wont have any voting rights in the club , correct ?
Campervans &
Motorhome
Club of
Australia

That's the case, this from the Web site,

What is the difference between an associate member and a full member?

"Associate members are those who are RV enthusiasts, but do not own a qualifying vehicle. Associate members have the same access to all member benefits as full members, but are unable to vote in club elections, nominate persons for election, move motions or hold office."

I outlined a few of the reasons in my previous post in this thread.

The CMCA as you rightly point out stands for Campervan Motorhome Club of Australia, they represent and serve a membership who own either Campervans or motorhomes, no mention of Caravans.

Yep, they will let you join (why would you want to if you don't own a qualifying vehicle)?) however no one is holding a gun to your head. smile

-- Edited by Santa on Monday 5th of December 2016 11:31:09 AM

Swoffer · Senior Member

Goodness , I find this very curious . Not that I give a bugger , just find it odd that Campervaners/Motorhomers regard van and vanners so lowly (or vice versa for that matter)

Santa · Guru

Swoffer wrote:
just find it odd that Campervaners/Motorhomers regard van and vanners so lowly (or vice versa for that matter)

I don't recall anyone saying that. confuse