No matter your club's size - sending in dues in a timely fashion is vitally important to keep your charter in good standing. How?
The Upside: Paying your Club's dues on time is one of the features of the Distinguished Club Plan. Your Club earns one point towards Distinguished Club for paying their dues on time!
The Downside: When a Club does not pay their dues on time (September 30/March 31st) they lose their good standing and eventually "the membership status of and services to individual members of these clubs will be suspended, including the mailing of The Toastmaster magazine. "
Source: Toastmasters International Policies and Procedures, C 4 Suspension of Non-Paying Clubs and Reinstatement of Inactive Clubs .
Keeping your member's dues up to date ensures they receive credit for their educational achievements, keeps them qualified to participate in contests and keeps their Toastmaster magazine subscription active. Example: Member's speeches can't be counted towards their CC, ACB, ACS, ACG or DTM when a club is in delinquent status - Egad!
As you can see, paying your Club's dues on time affects your entire membership and their standing with Toastmasters International!
Here are the steps to collecting and paying your Club's dues:
According to the Toastmaster International's calendar: Dues renewal notices should be sent out by August 15th for the Fall dues and February 15th for the Spring dues.
Always indicate to your members that their check should be made out to their Club - NOT TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL. The club should then issue one check payable or submit one credit card number to Toastmasters International.
Collect and send all dues to World Headquarters to be received by March 31/September 30th. There is no longer a 10 day grace period so be sure they are paid by those dates.
Does your Club have a freetoasthost website? Do you know about the dues renewal feature included in your software? You can send a dues notice invoice to all your members with one click. Contact me if you would like more information on how to do this.
You don't have to have ALL the dues collected for your entire membership to meet the requirement! You merely need to send in dues for SIX MEMBERS - at least three of whom were members of the club during the last renewal period. The remainder of your member's dues can be paid to TI (Toastmasters International) as they are collected.
Paying Dues Online: Dues can be paid with a credit or debit card at www.toastmasters.org.
Beginning Monday, July 26, 2010 all members can log in to toastmasters.org using a Single Sign-On. This means that club and district leaders will no longer need different user names and passwords to conduct club or district business.
To log in, simply enter your individual ID and password. If you are having difficulty, please watch this helpful tutorial or consult the new Single Sign-On FAQ.
Once you are logged in the link to conduct Club or District Business will be on the left side of your screen with the title Club Central.
Still need some help collecting your dues? Your Club's Area Governor is ready and willing to assist you with any Club issues. You can find out your Club's Area Governor by visiting the District 13 website: www.d13tm.com. Just click on the "About TI & D13" link on the top menu, choose the Division and Area Governors link, scroll down on the locate your Club's name and your Area Governor's name will be listed to the side. Their name is a link to their email. Or you can just click on the "Area and Divisions Governors" link in this paragraph. Simple!
Collecting and paying your dues to TI is really pretty easy, now isn't it? Why not get started today!
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