Possible Dues Increase- Opinions Sought!

At Governing Council next week, one of the issues to be discussed is a dues increase for almost every member that has been passed by the Board of Directors of US Figure Skating as part of their four year budget.  Unless the increase is rejected by the entire Governing Council, the increase will take affect at the beginning of the 2011-2012 season -that is, July 1st of this year.

The proposed dues increase would be an additional $10 for the first family member and $5 for second family members.  There would be no increase for Collegiate and Introductory members.  There would also be no further increase in the dues for at least 4 seasons. 

There is also a proposed increase for the dues paid by each club, and our dues would go from $250 to $500 per season.

The total cost to the club of this dues increase would be just under $5000 per year.

We hope to get the membership renewal paperwork out to all of you by the middle of May.  We are waiting to see if the dues increase takes effect before we put out the membership renewals.

We would like to have your opinion on this or any other issue in the Governing Council book.  It is available on the Members Only site of www.usfigureskating.org or if you do not have access to the site yet, get in touch and we will send you a pdf of the meeting book.