Brother_Steve
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Disclaimer: Our dues are structured in such a manner that the dues alone keeps the lights turned on. Anything above and beyond that number has to be generated. We have 200 +/- members to float the cost of the building and that is it.
We have a core group of Brothers who always participate in fundraisers. They are like the who's who of events.
These men will be there if there is an event. Myself included.
The more I participate, the more jaded I become. I see the SW stand up towards the end of a business meeting to announce the next event and I let out an audible 'sigh.'
It is the equivalent of a smokers tax on certain brethren in the lodge.
My dues this year are 110ish a year.
I pay another 200 ~ 250 a year attending various events.
Now factor in the 20 brothers and that is a gross of 4000 a year. Figure roughly 1000 goes out the window for costs of supplies etc.
Now spread that out over 200 brethren and it works out to be 15 dollars more in dues per year per member.
Would you pay that increase to get out from under the constant mill of fundraising?
I want to talk to the next WM to suggest Dues = operating cost + 15 dollars that has to be allocated into various funds as prescribed by a new lodge by-law.
Edited: I just remembered the raffle that goes on during the events.
I think I payed the equivalent of my dues at one of the events this year.
We have a core group of Brothers who always participate in fundraisers. They are like the who's who of events.
These men will be there if there is an event. Myself included.
The more I participate, the more jaded I become. I see the SW stand up towards the end of a business meeting to announce the next event and I let out an audible 'sigh.'
It is the equivalent of a smokers tax on certain brethren in the lodge.
My dues this year are 110ish a year.
I pay another 200 ~ 250 a year attending various events.
Now factor in the 20 brothers and that is a gross of 4000 a year. Figure roughly 1000 goes out the window for costs of supplies etc.
Now spread that out over 200 brethren and it works out to be 15 dollars more in dues per year per member.
Would you pay that increase to get out from under the constant mill of fundraising?
I want to talk to the next WM to suggest Dues = operating cost + 15 dollars that has to be allocated into various funds as prescribed by a new lodge by-law.
Edited: I just remembered the raffle that goes on during the events.
I think I payed the equivalent of my dues at one of the events this year.
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