Setting Up A Society For Poker In New Zealand
It’s not too difficult to set up a society, but there are a few things that you will need; At least 15 starting members, A set of rules for the society An initial setup fee of $102.22 (correct at time of writing) Step 1 First thing to do is set up some rules for your society, these are the rules for the club and not rules for a game of poker, these rules cover how the club will operate internally. There are minimum requirements for these rules but you can expand and add to them. Here is a link to an outline of the rules according to Societies NZ Step 2 Choose a name for your club, this has to be something that hasn’t already been registered with societies NZ. For simplicity you may just wish to call it your “your town’s poker club” or if say you already have a nickname for your poker nights you could call it that. Step 3 Hold a meeting of initial members. Here you will need to hold a meeting with at least 15 members, during this meeting you go over th...
