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From One Secretary to Another
As Secretary and
Treasurer of The National Council for Aviculture I want to pass on
some good news to the secretaries of all our loyal members who
affiliated to the NCA in 2022 and took out Public Liability
Insurance with us. As part of the NCA’s commitment to the fancy
after the challenges posed by the Covid pandemic we are offering
FREE affiliation and PLI insurance cover for 2023 only to all those
loyal clubs who paid their £60 in 2022.
The NCA has already
purchased the insurance cover for you all at a cost of £5000. All
you have to do is download from our website (www.nca.uk.net)
the updated 2023 application form for affiliation and insurance
(remember to refresh your computer to get the updated form by
clicking on the circular arrow at the top lefthand corner of your
PC) and complete your details on it and return it to me either by
email (or post enclosing an S.A.E. for the insurance certificate)
BUT without a cheque!
If you are applying
without having been part of the scheme last year you will need to
return the form with S.A.E. and a cheque for £60 in the normal way.
Some societies are
still using old forms from 2021 or 2022. Again, you need to refresh
your computer to get the 2023 form. Some have also sent a cheque for
£20 thinking that only the insurance is free and wanting to pay the
affiliation and others using the old forms sent the full £60 cheque.
In all such cases where you paid your £60 in 2022 I have destroyed
the unnecessary cheques you sent to me this time.
The 2024 insurance
form will be uploaded on the NCA website in late December so please
remember to refresh your computer first to print the 2024 form.
There will be an increase in the premium as our insurance broker has
already increased their premium in 2023 just as we were giving free
cover. However, the increase will be kept to a minimum.
May I also inform you
that our Annual General Meeting will be held on 1st
April, 2023 at 2pm in the Fieldhead Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield,
Leicestershire LE67 9PS. Representatives from all paid-up affiliated
clubs are welcome.
Good luck with all
your activities in the year ahead and let us all do our bit to get
the bird fancy well and truly back on its feet in 2023.
Kind regards
Ghalib Al-Nasser |
