[D28_community] Toastmasters Dues and Contests

[Karen Holland]

Hello!  This is another reminder to my district colleagues to please 
remind your clubs about two things:  1) Contests and 2) the DUES!

CONTESTS:

Suggest that your clubs visit the D28 website, and click on "Contests." 
  The Membership Building Contests (district and TI-sponsored) and the
Fall Educational Contest are described there.  There's even a list of 
Area, Division and District 28 speech contest dates.  The website 
address is:  www.d28toastmasters.org


DUES:

The dues increase was approved at August's Toastmasters International
convention in Toronto. The increase will allow TI to continue to improve
its services to the membership, develop new educational manuals, and
update the leadership track.  (We'll pass along details on these new
programs as they become available!)  The new fee structure is:

Dues:  $27, payable to TI every six months
New Member Fee:  $20
New Club Charter Fee:  $125
Club Reinstatement Fee:  $162

Club dues are "due" to TI by October 1, 2005, and may be paid on-line at
www.toastmasters.org.  (NOTE:  The $27 is for TI dues only, and does NOT
include club dues, which some clubs also collect.)  Even if you don't 
have the dues from every single member yet, as long as you have them 
collected from at least six members, you can submit those you have, and 
then keep working on the others.

For more information about the new dues structure, and to learn how to
update your club by-laws to reflect the change in dues, please consult
the FAQ sheet developed by TI and posted to:
https://www.toastmasters.org/fupload/media/DuesIncreaseFAQ.pdf   Club
by-laws include a section on dues (Section III).  A sample copy of the
standard club by-laws is available at:
http://www.toastmasters.org/pdfs/210c.pdf

For new members joining after October 1, 2005, you'll need updated
applications.  TI has made the form available on-line.  Here's the
address for that:

https://www.toastmasters.org/fupload/media/400MembershipAppDI.pdf

Thanks!

Karen Holland, DTM
District 28 Lieutenant Governor - Marketing
kholland at umd.umich.edu