Question For Those Involved In A Dog Club

[stonecutter]

Hi all

I'm involved in getting the Japanese Spitz Club of NSW up and running and I'm currently looking into banking arrangements (we've done our Code of Ethics & are using the standard Dogs NSW constitution).

I've tried looking on the Dogs NSW website without much luck - but are payments to Dogs NSW for affiliation fees, ground hire etc able to be done as EFT? Or do they have to be cheque?

We don't be a very large club, but I'm trying to keep costs to a minimum, especially monthly account keeping fees. All of the fee-free accounts seem to have only electronic and branch access, but no cheques unless we buy a bank cheque.

Thanks in advance DOLers (I would have called the Dogs NSW office but they're closed for another week)

[mirawee]

Have you looked into accounts set up specifically for Not for Profit groups? They are often called community group accounts or similar. They should give you a fee free cheque book and would make life a lot easier if you need to pay judges in the future

[stonecutter]

Thanks Mirawee!

[sheena]

Have you approached your local Credit Union

[stonecutter]

Hey Sheena - thank, hadn't thought of that! I think Members Equity is close by to where I work - will have to take a walk and chat to them