4WD Clubs News FAQs (frequently-asked questions)

By affiliating with Four Wheel Drive NSW & ACT your club achieves benefits including:

• Eligibility for low cost public liability insurance and free voluntary workers insurance sponsored by the Australian National Four Wheel Drive Council
• Access to sites under Association sponsored controlled access schemes (Menai, NPWS MOU, State Forests locked tracks, etc)
• Recognitions as part of the 4WD Community in NSW & ACT and nationally,
• Increasing the size of the collective voice of 4WDrivers in this state,
• Tapping into the collective knowledge of a diversity of clubs and delegates,
• Influence the direction of the 4WD movement both in this state and nationally,
• Discounts and special offers for members,
• Access to members area of website plus members forums,
• Free Clubname.4wdNSW.org domain name,
• Free Clubname@4wdNSW.org e-mail distribution list,
• Free Firstname.Surname@4wdNSW.org e-mail address for members.

The annual affiliation fee for each club is eleven dollars ($11) for each member that was registered with the club on 30 June. In July 2005, this is increasing to $16.50 per club membership.

Payment is due on 1 July each year. Clubs who have not posted their affiliation fees by 30 July will be deemed unfinancial and relinquish all the benefits of affiliation.

The financial status of a club is recorded in the Clubs List as either Club (affiliated) or Club (other)

To renew affiliation with Four Wheel Drive NSW & ACT, clubs must post the following items to the secretary before 30 July:

• Affiliation fee as prescribed,
• Public liability insurance certificate of currency, and
• Club Information Form

If you have taken out insurance through the Australian National Four Wheel Drive Council you will note that the insuredunder this policy is:

"Australian National Four Wheel Drive Council Inc and associated state bodies and clubs as listed on the master policy"

The affiliation fee for 4WD NSW & ACT is based on club memberships. For affiliation purposes, a family membership counts the same as an individual or single membership.

We try to keep this as simple as possible. The affiliation fee is applicable at the time of affiliation, and is based on the number of memberships in your club at that time. Affiliation fees subsequently falls due on 30 June each year and are based on the membership on that date.