Shut down of the University of London Rifle Club

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Shut down of the University of London Rifle Club

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As many of you are aware people are reacting to Covid-19 in many different ways. The University of London I imagine is expecting a large reduction of students for next year especially foreign students who bring in a lot of the money. As a knee jerk reaction to this, the University of London has decided to shut down all University clubs without any attempt at talking to the clubs or trying to work out how they can be run on a reduced budget. Amongst these clubs is the University of London Rifle Club which was founded in 1911 and may be shut down tomorrow (we were only told about this on Monday). If anyone is a former member or just doesn't want to see a very old rifle club being shut down please consider signing the below petition.

https://www.change.org/p/university-of- ... re_initial

Whilst I assume the rifle club is of more interest to this forum this does apply to all University of London clubs.
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I doubt they will respond positively but I signed nonetheless.
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Thanks, I'm not super confident either. The tiny window between the announcement and the decision shows they've already made their decision really. Maybe there'll be a surprise result though.
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Signed.....

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Pete wrote:Signed.....

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Signed (in Spanish, for some reason.)
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Well the University has agreed to keep the club open until at least December and then discussions will resume again. Thanks for all the signatures guys.
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#8 Post by bradaz11 »

what does it actually cost to keep the club running year to year? what type of costs do they incurr?
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