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"Steering a Safe Course through our Retirement Years"
Frequently asked Questions
Here is a list of FAQs to which answers have been supplied. If you have any other questions, please use the “Contact Us” option on the Home page ”Menu” https://www.rebus.nz/ and email us your inquiry. We aim to answer all questions with 48 hours.
General
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Fees
Services provided to Affiliated Clubs
Board Membership
Each club has an annual membership subscription, which varies from club toclub normally ranging between $20 and $40.
Most clubs charge a one-off joining fee of between $10 -$20.
A membership application form isc available from your selected cub for completion.Your application will usually requires a nominator and seconder. If you are not known to any club member, you will be advised how to meet this requirement.
Click on the “Menu” and “Clubs and Contacts Map” buttons on this site’s Home page. Here you will find contact telephone numbers and email addresses for most club Secretaries.
Forty spread primarily throughout the North Island with four in the South Island.
No – it is one of our core tenets that external fundraising is expressly prohibited by each club’s Constitution.
Rebus NZ provides its affiliates with a copy of a recommended Constitution to qualify becoming a Rebus club and an advisory set of By-laws. These may be viewed by clicking on the “Constitution for Affiliated Clubs” button under “Menu” and “Documents” on this site’s Home page.
No. The recommended Constitution for Affiliated Clubs (see above) states in Article II d) “It shall be non-political and non-sectarian. It shall not endorse any candidate for public office and shall not take corporate action at any meeting with the intention of influencing the policies or decisions of governments”.
Yes, you are free to choose which club will suit you best from those in your vicinity.
No, but most clubs have several activities during the year to which partners are welcome like visits and events such as the mid-year and Christmas luncheons or dinners.
Clubs always welcome new members, especially if they are willing to serve on a committee in the future. Again, the decision if invited to become a committee member, will be yours alone.
Yes. Cover is up to $10 million. See the “Liability Insurance” button on our home page “Menu”.
No, but our website contains helpful guidance and links to travel insurance providers and brokers to whom on-line applications can be made. See the “Travel Insurance” button on our home “Menu” page.
Yes there are currently two regular publications which are emailed to the Secretary of each club which has provided an email address.The first is the Rebus Club News each month. This encompasses contributions submitted by individual clubs consisting of reports on their activities and photos to Illustrate. Clubs are encouraged to on-send the Rebus Club News to their members as details of speakers and club activities can be very useful for local adoption.The second is the Chairman’s bi-monthly report The Rebus Chronicles. This is intended primarily for club committees, but may also be sent to the general membership where appropriate. It mainly deals with administrative matters.
No provided the club activities and objectives are conducted in accordance with the adopted recommended Constitution. Rebus believes in a “hands off” approach enabling clubs to be self-governing.
We consider absolute transparency is important and distribute a professionally reviewed annual Statement of Financial Performance to all affiliates within the month following our balance date. It is also uploaded to this website for public viewing and lodged with the Registrar of Incorporated Societies. See “Financial Report” button on our home page
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