Balloting & Finance Reports

Dear Members,

Thank you to those who have kept an eye on the notice board and/or monthly newsletter regarding new membership applicants.

A few requests and reminders on applications, as well as young members, short term and full membership.

Applications: 1. In order to avoid any delays proposers please go through the contents of application forms with your candidate/s and ensure all the information is correct.

2. Candidates to be informed all enquiries on their membership to be through the proposer/ seconder and not to directly with the Secretariat.

Young Members (18-29) transitioning to full members: Young members are reminded to attend an introduction meeting with the Balloting Committee when invited before they turn 30. Short term membership: (a) Any person over 18 years of age who temporarily resides in Kenya (or Uganda or Tanzania) may be invited to become a Short Term Member PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT:

(i) No Short Term Membership shall exceed a maximum period of 60 months; (ii) A Short Term Member shall, at any time, during such 60 month period, be eligible for proposal for Full Membership in accordance with the Articles;

(iii) on the expiration of such 60 month period, or upon election to Full Membership, the Short Term Membership shall cease and may not be renewed.

Temporary Membership (TM): a) Any person over the age of 18 years of age who does not ordinarily reside in Kenya at the time the Membership begins and who is proposed by a Member of not less than one year’s good standing and endorsed by a member of the Committee shall become a TM for a continuous period of 3 months.

(b) One cannot be a TM while applying for short term or full membership. For any clarifications on the above one can contact Diana the membership secretary. While we note a healthy number of young families joining there are no doubt many young potential members (18-29) known to us whose parents are not members and may not be aware they can apply on their own right. Both the joining fees (KShs. 92,576/-) and monthly subs (KShs. 1020/-) are extremely generous for this age category. Thank you and wishing you all a Happy Easter. Best wishes,

Kush Bhardwaj Chairman Balloting Committee

finance

Dear Members

I hope you are all well and slowly getting back to a state of near normalcy. I once again thank you for your continued patronage and timely payment of your accounts, which has helped the Club meet its financial obligations. It is encouraging to report that with your support, the Club’s performance has remained resilient. The cost restructuring measures that we implemented during the Covid crisis have borne fruit and the Club has returned to profitability and is generating decent cash flows. The outlook for the long-term financial sustainability of the Club is therefore very positive. With the Covid crisis now hopefully over the worst, the focus of the Committee has shifted to optimising value for Members. We are exploring investments in new facilities, to enhance Members’ experience and finding opportunities to review prices downwards, where possible. You will have noticed that we already reduced prices in Pinks by up to 12 per cent since last July. We also continuously keep looking for innovative ways of growing revenue as well as opportunities that deliver cost efficiency. On the administration front, we have a large balance of unidentified credits and therefore remind Members to always indicate their account numbers in full, when making direct deposits in the Club’s bank accounts. And we request those Members who may have deposited money in the Club’s accounts but who have not informed us, to contact the Accounts office. We also encourage Members to minimise use of Cheques and to embrace electronic modes of payments, listed below.

Direct deposits/transfers to Muthaiga Country Club Standard Chartered Bank accounts :–

KES Account Number - 0102018001301,

USD Account Number - 8702018001301 GBP Account Number - 2802018001302

M-PESA -Business No. 902800.

Please enter your Club's Membership Number when prompted for the Account Number.

Online Payments - Visit our website at www.mcc.co.ke for more information. Members may obtain website log-on details by sending an email to web.admin@mcc.co.ke

We continue to appeal to all Members, now as much as ever, to please come back and use your Club. In the meantime, please continue to stay safe and healthy! All the best,