Club Dues Have Increased to $80

At the July meeting, the club approved an increase in annual dues, which kept in place discounts for spouses and a free membership for youth members but should allow us to meet our financial obligations to the Hawaii Region, the U.S. Area and Y’s Men International without having to raise extra money.

The new dues are $80 per adult member per year and $40 for a member’s spouse. Also $40 a year for a young-adult member (18-25). Under-18 are youth members and therefore free.
We expect to do a lot of fund-raising still, but it will be for YMCA and community causes rather than having some of it go into paying some of our obligations to the Y’s Men organization.
Those obligations add up to as much as $125 per member once we include donations that are voluntary but expected.
Not counting those, the mandated contributions per member are $10 in dues to the Hawaii Region, $35 per person to Y’s Men International, U.S. Area dues of $17 and a Hawaii Region annual assessment that is currently estimated at $19 but could change.
By the way, now that we are on the subject of dues, members are reminded that the dues for 2008-2009 are, well, due. Treasurer
Ken Kadomoto asks that you bring your checks to the next meeting, on September 3.
If you aren’t sure what you owe, please ask Ken.