SussexbytheXmasTree
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Anyone else had an email saying they’ve had an account set up and now need to set a password? I don’t even know why I need an account I’ve never needed one for BRC before.
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Dustygirl
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Yes we had an email from our club to explain. It’s a new system being set up.
SussexbytheXmasTree
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Thanks - new system for what though? I almost never interact directly with BRC.
I haven’t had anything from the clubs I belong to.
Squeak
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I’ve had something from the club I’m a member of too. I think it’s so that you can do your membership directly with them online rather than the clubs having to do it.
Rowreach
Adjusting my sails
If it works it should be a much more efficient system than club secretaries having to do it.
Clubs were told about it some weeks ago, and you should have had an email on Monday letting you know that the sign up email was going to land yesterday and wasn't spam
Clubs were told about it some weeks ago, and you should have had an email on Monday letting you know that the sign up email was going to land yesterday and wasn't spam
Annagain
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They're changing the way you join your local club. You'll get link to join and pay on a BRC platform. BRC take their cut (insurance and affiliation fees) and pass the rest on to the local club. If it works as intended it will make things much easier for the clubs.
southerncomfort
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I've set mine up.
The email from BRC said you'd be able to pay for next year's membership straight away, but I can't find anything on there yet.
The email from BRC said you'd be able to pay for next year's membership straight away, but I can't find anything on there yet.
Britestar
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Depends if your Club are set up yet.
They should be, but there have been lots of problems so they may still be tackling it.
Lucky Snowball
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Memberships run for 12 months from when you join rather than January to January as it is now. Means people are more likely to join mid year rather than waiting til January.
LEC
Opinions are like bum holes, everyone has one.
Your RC needs to have it set up and most don’t as all thrown on them recently
sportsmansB
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Our club has asked people not to do it yet as there are still concerns with the system
Rowreach
Adjusting my sails
Same with our Area apparently.
Haniki
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I've done mine. My club sent an email about it last weekend.
sportsmansB
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I think its the same instruction - from the monday night meeting?
Reacher
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Bump - I’ve just renewed mine, i think they are encouraging everyone to renew before new year as the affiliation fees the club pays are reduced .
(I hate having to pay a £1.50 booking fee for the privilege!)
PS I seemed to have to add the same club member ship to renew (even though already have current membership) there didn’t seem to be anything to click on to renew
(I hate having to pay a £1.50 booking fee for the privilege!)
PS I seemed to have to add the same club member ship to renew (even though already have current membership) there didn’t seem to be anything to click on to renew
MereChristmas
riding reluctantly into the sunset
I have already complained. I don’t understand why the BHS make it so complicated. I will have to get someone else to pay and then pay them. Also it asks for phone numbers I don’t have and won’t proceed without them. I am going to put the same number in each box and hope.
Why does every club assume you have online banking and a mobile phone?
Why does every club assume you have online banking and a mobile phone?
Nicnac
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My RC isn't on the list yet... not sure what's going on as my membership runs out this month and have qualifiers in January.
lizziebell
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Clubs don’t “assume” anything, but many have to carefully balance their books, make savings where they can and are run exclusively by volunteers (many of which also have full time jobs, families and horses to juggle). Our club do accept cash and cheques, but prefer electronic payments. Cash and cheques cost us twice as much on bank fees, plus someone has to take unpaid time out to take cash/ cheques to the bank, which there aren’t many branches open these days.
Having BRC take ownership of membership payments is a huge benefit to the volunteers running the clubs, both cost and admin time.
shortstuff99
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Just to add above to trying to ease the load on volunteers, clubs were also having issue with BRC taking their fees based on the previous years membership numbers in a lump sum which if you have less members the next year can cause cash flow issues.
This way BRC takes their payment straight away and removes the need to take money from clubs.
This way BRC takes their payment straight away and removes the need to take money from clubs.
Reacher
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I get that it is more efficient for clubs and easier for the volunteers but it is yet another situation where people who don’t have a mobile phone / can’t do online banking are being excluded . I don’t think there is any way to renew your membership if you can’t do it online? (Other than having someone else do it for you)
ETA going off topic but I can imagine that as we age and technology progresses we will all end up in a position where we are excluded from doing something as we can’t keep up with the technology. There ought to be an alternative
ETA going off topic but I can imagine that as we age and technology progresses we will all end up in a position where we are excluded from doing something as we can’t keep up with the technology. There ought to be an alternative
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southerncomfort
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Thanks for the reminder, I haven't done mine yet.
lizziebell
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But you don't need to have online banking nor a mobile phone. Landline numbers are accepted, debit cards are accepted. Even those who prefer to use cash, with so few bank branches now available the only way to get cash is with a debit card.
MereChristmas
riding reluctantly into the sunset
I can see it won’t be too long before I am excluded from everything
southerncomfort
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I realise I'm being really thick, but I can't work out how to do it.
It just says that my membership is current and there is nothing to purchase.
It just says that my membership is current and there is nothing to purchase.
Rowreach
Adjusting my sails
Surely anyone with a current membership won't be able to renew until January? New members as I understand it can now join any time of the year for a rolling 12 months.
The Xmas Furry
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This.
Our RC cheerfully asked everyone to renew via the link in the December newsletter or received by email. They've now had to email everyone to state that we cannot renew till 1st onwards.
What a palaver, I tend to sort out all membership stuff over the xmas break and have done the 3 necessary ones, will have to set a reminder up to do the RC one now .
Is that right there is an admin fee added for the privilege of not paying the club by BACS but by doing it via BRC account?
southerncomfort
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Yes my RC said we could renew straight away.
Ah well...will wait until January!
Ah well...will wait until January!
Britestar
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You can renew now, you need to select club membership, and then add club.
A good few from our club have already rejoined.
A good few from our club have already rejoined.
The Xmas Furry
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Doesn't work for me. Cant even add previous RC to rejoin that one.
Britestar
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Very odd.
Its possible the club haven't set up the account yet, or they haven't added the cost or set up the stripe account that would prevent it.