Club Membership – Frequently Asked Questions

How to Become a Club Member: Step-by-Step

• 1) Pay the initial membership fee of CZK 350
  Please transfer the payment to the Retriever Klub CZ bank account:
  Account number: 2900706251/2010
  Variable symbol: 000
  Specific symbol: 10 followed by the year in which you pay the initial membership fee
  (for example, if you pay in 2022, the specific symbol is 102022)
  
  
• 2) Complete the online membership application
  Online Membership Application:
  https://www.retriever-klub.cz/klub/prihlaska-do-klubu
• 3) Check that your application has been submitted successfully
  Once you have submitted the application, a confirmation message will appear on the screen. You will also receive an automatic confirmation email acknowledging receipt of your application.

How Quickly Will My Application Be Processed?

• There is no exact answer. Applications are generally processed once a week.
  
• Processing may take longer in the event of illness, holiday or another absence. The Membership Registrar will announce any planned absence in the News section of the club website: https://www.retriever-klub.cz/novinky
• Under the Retriever Klub CZ Organisational Rules, membership applications must be processed within four weeks of receipt.
  (Organisational Rules, Article 2)

How Do I Log In to the Members’ Area?

• You must be a member of Retriever Klub CZ to access the Members’ Area.
• Once your membership application has been processed and you have joined the club, you will receive:
  • an email containing instructions on how to activate your personal account in the Members’ Area,
  • download your membership card,
  • view internal documents and access other important information;
  • aktivační e-mail, s odkazem na Váš přístup do členské sekce – na odkaz kliknete, vytvoříte si heslo a už jste přihlášeni v členské sekci
    • Important: The activation link is valid for a limited period only. You must activate your account within 30 days of receiving the link.
    • If you did not activate your account within this period, please contact the Membership Registrar and request a new activation email.
    • The activation link is generated automatically. If you received an email entitled Welcome to Retriever Klub CZ, an activation email was also sent to you.
      • If you cannot find the activation email, please check the following:
        
        • If you have an email on the seznam.cz or email.cz domain: please check your Bulk and Spam folders.
        • If you have an email on the gmail.com domain: switch your inbox view to All Mail.
• If you have already activated your account and forgotten your password:
  • Open the Member Section, enter your email address, and click on the Forgotten Password link (below the Login button) – password information will be sent to your email.
  • You can then change the password yourself.

How do I download my current membership card?

Log in to the member section and click the Download Card button:

I forgot to pay the membership fee for the given year on time – what now?

• Regarding the necessity to pay the fee, members are sent reminder emails with payment information starting from January of the given year/December of the previous year.
• In case of non-payment of the fee by March 31, membership in RK CZ is terminated; information regarding the termination of membership will be sent to your email.
  • If this has already happened, it is necessary to apply for club membership again (see above: How to become a club member).
  • If your membership has been terminated, do not pay the original membership fee for the given year; this membership will no longer be renewed and it is necessary to apply for a new one (with a new membership number).

What is the difference between a member and an applicant?

And why does the status of member and applicant actually exist?

• The only difference between an applicant and a member is the availability of voting rights – an applicant does not have voting rights, a member does have voting rights.
• All other rights, benefits, discounts, etc., apply equally to both members and applicants.
• The establishment of applicant status for new members and the requirement for member status approval by the general meeting has historical roots, when an unnamed candidate for the presidency of RK CZ brought a busload of neighbors from his village to the elective general meeting; they all joined RK CZ at the meeting and subsequently strongly influenced the election result in favor of their candidate.

I do not see my dog/dogs in my account in the member section.

Dogs are regularly added to owners’ accounts – if your dog/bitch is not there, please contact the breeding advisor for the given breed, who will add the dog to the account.