The MOD Corsham mess has got its act together and although I have to renew my passes annually (they also review your membership based on attendance at functions), the application process is easy with the sponsor for membership being the current serving social secretary. Guests were required to get a temporary pass every time they came on site but they abandoned this when they realised that they could not afford the overtime to have people manning the security office at every event and used common sense ie the gate guard has a list of people who are attending the event. Its a real honour to still be allowed to attend the various functions and an e mail thanks to the PMC and members running events always goes down well. A swipe entry with code for the back gate allows me and Mrs bladdered to stagger home late at night!!