You don't need me to tell you this year is rather different but in addition to coping as best we can with the pandemic, Pony Club have fundamentally changed the process of membership management from being managed by individual branches to centralised administration built around a new computer system called PELHAM.
Most of our existing members have a renewal date of 31st January and you should already have received an e-mail from Pony Club HQ inviting you to renew. Memberships have now moved to a rolling 12 months so some memberships will fall due for renewal at other times of the year. An advantage of the new PELHAM system is that memberships can be renewed online via the membership portal and payment made by card online.
If you expect an invitation to renew but have not received it please feel free to contact me at mike.nichols@btinternet.com and I will do my best to sort things out.
Obviously Pony Club activities have been curtailed and disrupted during the lockdowns and we were unable to run any camps. Some have expressed the view that Pony Club should roll over the membership free of charge for a year. Unfortunately a significant part of the membership fee is spent on providing the comprehensive third part insurance cover and this has been operative as normal. Put simply, much as Pony Club might like to offer a free or reduced fee year it does not have the financial resources to do so.
If you do not intend renewing at this time I would appreciate a message to that effect as it will help the Branch Committee in making plans for 2021.
Wishing everyone a Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year.
Mike Nichols
Treasurer and Membership Secretary.
The following is from Pony Club HQ and is included here for information:
All Pony Club memberships and renewals should now be made directly with The Pony Club Office at Stoneleigh.
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS (those with less than 3 riding members in the same household).
- If you do not have a "family membership" (usually 3 or more riding members in the same household) then you will receive 2 emails with details of how to renew via the new online portal.
- The first contains the renewal reminder and membership details.
- The second contains a custom link to the portal. When you click this link you will be asked to enter a password.
- This is a new online portal so create a new password.
- You will then be asked to login with your username (the email address to which the renewal reminder was sent) and your newly created password.
- Early renewal notices are being sent this year to try and phase out the renewal process for memberships expiring 31/1/2021.
- A reminder to those who have not renewed will be resent the first week of January. Thereafter, reminders will be sent one month prior to renewal date, and then 2 weeks before if not renewed.
- Using the online portal, you will be able to check and update any contact details, and members and pay online.
- You will not be able to change the branch or membership type (Riding or Non-riding) – if you need to do this please contact your branch to initiate the transfer process or contact membership@pcuk.org to change your membership type.
- Memberships will be for a 12-month period from the date of expiry
- If you renew in December and your membership expires on 31 January 2021 then your new membership will run until 31 January 2022.
FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS
If you have a family membership, or want to add members to create a family membership, you will need to download the membership form either from your branch website or https://pcuk.org/find-a-club/ complete the form and email to membership@pcuk.org OR by post to the address on the form.
Membership fees for 2021 remain as 2020:
Non-riding member £36; riding member £80 and family memberships £200 (up to 5 members in the same household).
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