私人会所 - 介绍

About Private Members'

Clubs

关于会员制俱乐部

In order to provide members and

prospective members with a better

understanding of what private clubs are and how they came to exist, I have written and published three informative articles in various magazines in China，which I like to share with you here. If you have any queries or interest in membership, I invite you to contact me at any time....

为了使会员们和准会员们能够更具体的了解什么是私人俱乐部

和他们如何入会，

我已经在中国一些杂志上发表了三篇报道性文章，并希望也在这里与大家分享。

如果您有任何疑问或对会籍感兴趣，请随时与我联系。

English Version:

1: Private Members' Clubs, What Are They?

2: High Expectations!!!

3: A Home away from Home!!!

Chinese Version:

1: 什么是私人会所

2: 高期望值

3: 家 - 在这里延续

See you at your Club 祝您和您的家人身体健康、万事如意

Antonius C (Tony) van Gevelt 万吉伟

General Manager 长安俱乐部总经理

什么是私人会所

万吉伟，长安俱乐部总经理

寻遍各地甚至北京，我们会发现有许多新的俱乐部正在建设之中

并遍及整个京城。其中有一些可能是健身俱乐部；另一些是有相同兴趣的人们偶尔聚在一起的社区俱乐部。这些让我们混淆了什么是真正的私人会所，如果我们寻找私人会所的真正定义，您只能从他们中找出很少的一部分答案。在我们讨论什么是真正的私人会所之前，首先让我们了解一下俱乐部的历史。

它兴起于一个世纪之前。第一个俱乐部实际上是一个咖啡馆，人们聚在一起喝杯咖啡或是饮杯热气腾腾的英国茶。英国某咖啡馆的一群消费者他们有着相同的兴趣爱好，于是决定组成一种联盟。刚开始时只限于朋友之间，很快就需要有一个大家聚会的场所。因此这些朋友决定筹款和建立现在大家都知道的会员部。在私人聚会时他们每人掏出一小部分钱来买咖啡。事实上-这就是世界上第一家私人会所。当时有一个障碍-怎样维护俱乐部？要想有自己的地方是需要钱来运作的，因此他们决定从会员身上收取一定费用来进行俱乐部运作。"会费"产生了。随着开支的增减，他们也改变会费，以便满足大部分的运作费用。他们还要支付吃饭和饮料的费用，和现在的俱乐部一样。

这一理念流行开来，很多兴趣相投的团队决定组织他们自己的俱乐部。从伦敦早期的简陋咖啡馆发展到今天的全球现象。在早期，俱乐部的会员几乎都是男性，随着时间的流逝这一现象有所改变。如今俱乐部会员包括男性和女性有的还包括他们的家人。真正的私人会所一直向新会员收取入会费用，会费用于会所的所有开支。我猜这是从来没有改变的。很多类型的俱乐部被建成：有些是餐饮俱乐部、有些是乡村或高尔夫俱乐部。太多种类的俱乐部本文章不一一介绍了。有些俱乐部从建成到现在都属于他们自己的会员；有些俱乐部属于个体或社团，他们销售会籍、支付会址费用和所有开支。有些地方是不同的，一个俱乐部是由有相同兴趣爱好或相同社会地位的人组成的。新会员的加入不是由现有会员的介绍就是被特殊邀请。一个委员或董事通常批准新会员的加入并确保他们补足俱乐部的现有会员。

虽然私人会所对北京来说还是新事物，但它在其他很多城市已有一个世纪的历史了。会员用他们的俱乐部会见老朋友、结交新朋友。俱乐部已成为会员的第二个家了。每一个个体对加入俱乐部有都不同的期望。是为了声望吗？是为了联系业务、结交新朋友吗？每个人都有不同的原因要加入一个被公认为好的俱乐部。所以有很多新的社区拥有了他们自己的俱乐部并且城镇各地突然

出现了许多家健身俱乐部。但是他们都是真正的俱乐部吗？那要依赖你的认识了！但是如果你要真正的发展你自己和你的事业，你就需要寻找其他地方了- 一个真正的国际俱乐部，在那里你不但可以放松还可以寻求到事业的帮助。一个好的俱乐部可以辅助你和你公司的发展。

这里我要结束三部分的第一部分-私人会所。下个月我们谈论人

们期望何时加入俱乐部及成为会员后他们期望从私人会所中获

得什么。所以千万不要错过我们的下一期。

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Private Members' Clubs - What Are They?

By Antonius C van Gevelt, General Manager, Chang An Club, Beijing

As we look around ever modernizing Beijing we can see many new Clubs being built all over the city. Some may be fitness clubs; others may be residential clubs while yet others are just groups of people with similar interests who meet occasionally. It is all very confusing, and if we look at what is a true members' club, you can only find a good handful of them in town. Before we talk about what is a true members' club, let's dig in to the history of Clubs.

It all started in England well over a century ago. The very first Club was actually a café, where people met over a coffee or a steaming cup of English Tea. A group of customers in one of the London Cafes decided they would like to form a sort of alliance with each other, whereby they would be one group of people with similar interests. It all started with just a group of friends, but soon there was a need to have a dedicated venue where to meet. So these friends decided to raise some money and created what is now known as a membership. They gathered a small sum of money from everybody, and invested it into buying their own café where they could meet in privacy. In fact - this was the very first private members' club in the world. Great - the first Private Members' Club was born. Then there was the next obstacle. How to maintain the Club? Because having your own building sure costs money to operate. So they decided to charge a certain amount of money to all members which would cover the major overheads of their club. The 'dues' was born. As expenses changed, they altered the dues accordingly, so that it covered most of the operating costs of the building. Still, they paid for meals and drinks, as is still common in clubs these days.

The idea caught on and more groups of people with similar interests decided to establish their own clubs. From the