{"id":11959,"date":"2014-03-07T10:02:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T00:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=11959"},"modified":"2014-03-07T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T00:02:12","slug":"game-changing-move-is-set-for-victoria-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2014\/03\/07\/game-changing-move-is-set-for-victoria-tennis","title":{"rendered":"Game changing move is set for Victoria tennis!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Victoria\u00a0is embracing a new affiliation model, to commence 1 July 2014.\u00a0 From this date, clubs will only pay one simple, annual fee, instead of the previous per member charge, and the vast majority of clubs will be better off financially under this model.\u00a0 Most materially so.\u00a0 Instead of being charged a club affiliation fee and an additional $30 fee per member, TV will now base a club\u2019s affiliation on the number of tennis courts at the club. <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Over the course of many years Tennis Victoria heard about challenges from tennis clubs regarding the affiliation and membership model,\u00a0listened and worked very hard to come up with a new approach; one where the club\u2019s affiliation is now one set\/known annual fee. \u00a0This change means that clubs can offer more flexible membership options and innovative promotions to grow the game of tennis.\u00a0This is a partnership initiative of Tennis Australia and Tennis Victoria to help clubs to get more people playing more tennis more often! \u00a0Tennis Australia is supporting this initiative with a significant investment that recognises the importance of Victorian tennis.<\/p>\n<p>This new model will not only greatly assist current affiliates to thrive, but also better motivate and engage those tennis clubs who are not currently affiliated to join the ranks so that Tennis Victoria can truly represent and support all of tennis in Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>All current Tennis Victoria club benefits will remain with this new model, and we are also working to enhance our offering and services.<\/p>\n<p>The Frequently Asked Questions document is available <a title=\"New Affiliation Model FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/doc\/new-affiliation-model-faqs\">here<\/a> for further information and any questions that may arise. If Tennis Victoria can clarify anything for you, please don\u2019t hesitate to contact your\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/clubs\/resources\/community-tennis-officers\">Community Tennis Officer<\/a> or Tennis Victoria Reception on 8420 8420 &#8211; \u00a0as Tennis Victoria is\u00a0here to help during this exciting change for the great sport.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Victoria\u00a0is embracing a new affiliation model, to commence 1 July 2014.\u00a0 From this date, clubs will only pay one simple, annual fee, instead of the previous per member charge, and the vast majority of clubs will be better off financially under this model.\u00a0 Most materially so.\u00a0 Instead of being charged a club affiliation fee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5907,"featured_media":11267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5907"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}