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Information
for Prospective members
New Member Procedure
Membership Fees
The Wellington Cross Country Vehicle Club is one of the larger and more active 4WD clubs in New Zealand with about 300 members. Club activities are planned and co-ordinated by an enthusiastic and capable committee. Regular club activities include:
- 4wd trips.
- Driver training days - an ideal way to learn more of the capabilities and limitations of your vehicle
- Club champs - four friendly competition events spread through the year
- a monthly club meeting
- Gymkhanas
- Ladies day
- Recovery training days
- and more!
Trips are generally graded to suit driver experience and vehicle types: from novice/family/shiny vehicle trips (easy going, little risk of damage) to hard yakka (harder going, greater experience required, risk of a bit more than a few paint scratches!). All trips offer a great way to get out into the wilds, often to places that are off limits to free public access.
Family shiny trips are open to prospective members. [See the Trips page for details on required equipment and trip fees]
We have found that "real" 4wd vehicles are necessary for the terrain that we generally visit. So all vehicles do need to have 4wd and a low-ratio option in their gearbox. We have found that 4wd cars and vans are not suitable as they are prone to being damaged even on gentle trips, mainly due to their low ground clearance.
Membership of the club is open to anyone with an interest in off-roading. To qualify for membership, prospective members are required to participate in at least three club trips. This gives them a chance to find out if club membership is really for them. It also gives club members a chance to get to know them.
Prospective members are welcome to attend club meetings which are held monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm upstairs at the Petone Working Mens Club in Udy St, Petone.
Click here to download the club's Code of Conduct (10kb pdf file)
Membership Application Forms can be obtained from a Trip Leader during a trip or from the New Members Officer on club night.
The Membership Application Form, when submitted, must show details of trips attended, including Joining Fees paid and vehicle equipment checks passed.
As soon as a prospective member has attended three CCVC trips, one of which needs to be the club's training day, and had their vehicle passed by a club vehicle inspector (see below), they are eligible to join the club. Their Membership Application Form can be submitted to a Trip Leader or New Members Officer.
The New Members Officer or Trip Leader will annotate the Membership Application Form with the date received. The Trip Leader will pass forms on to a New Members Officer as soon as possible.
The New Members Officer will validate the Joining Fee payments with the Treasurer (who has records from the Trip Sheets).
When an applicant is accepted by the Committee and the necessary fees received, the Membership Card etc will be mailed to the applicant immediately (to reduce excess Visitor Fee payments).
The only other fee required to join is the annual club subscription (see below).
Note: The Visitor Fee still applies to any further trips attended by a prospective member until their membership is approved.
Our vehicle inspectors are club members who have generously agreed to undertake club vehicle inspections on a voluntary basis. When you have decided you would like to join the club and have obtained all the necessary equipment, then please ring one of our vehicle inspectors and request an appointment.
It is really important to remember that the vehicle inspectors are busy working for their company and are doing club inspections as a favour, so please be considerate and courteous when booking and when you turn up with your vehicle - time is money to them so expect paying customers to be served first.
The vehicle inspector will ensure that your vehicle has all the equipment that the club has decided is necessary for every club vehicle. Details can be seen on the Membership Application Form, available from the New Members Officer and Trip Leaders.
Details of the vehicle inspectors are shown on the Membership Application Form, available from the New Members Officer.
The joining fee is $50, once a prospective new member has completed at least three trips as a visitor (including the familiarisation day) and paid the necessary trip fee and visitor fee for each of those trips.
The annual subscriptions as at 2008 are:
Honorary member
Ordinary member
Family member
Associate memberFree
Free
$85
Free
$40 (newsletter only)Annual subscriptions should be paid to the Treasurer either in person or to PO Box 38-762, Te Puni, Wellington. Cheques to be payable to "Cross Country Vehicle Club Wellington Inc".
Annual subscriptions are due by 31 July each year. Failure to renew results in cancellation of membership.
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