paying dues...

[Anne Marie]

What are the common different policies on paying dues?

Is it a one time thing or yearly? And do people have consequences for not paying dues such as losing rank?

What do you think is a good and bad practice?

I was just wondering because of some past experiences in my old school.

Thanks.

Anne Marie Giri

(P.S. What I mean by dues are the organizational/national dues you pay not the fees for regular training.)

[Edited by Anne Marie on 12-12-2000 at 07:28 PM]

[Nacho]

In my school (Aikikai, I.A.F. affiliated) there is one yearly payment for expenses of the national federation, it's about $100 U.S.D. First time students are required to pay it along their first monthly fee. There is no automatic sanction if you miss one payment (Sensei is a good-natured, tolerant man), however we feel this behavior in unpolite and fellow students constantly badger the ones who don't pay. If they fail to pay 2 or 3 months in a row they're dismissed from the school.

Ignacio "Nacho" Jaramillo Moreno

[Monster]

I am a member of the U.S. Chung Do Kwan Association. Basically its a yearly fee of $25 dollars. If you dont pay you cant get certified. The fee is paid usually when you firs sign up. However some instructors are known to pay the fee for their students.

[Steve Williams]

Hello to "Monster", welcome to e-budo (please sign posts with your full name as is forum policy, easiest to add it as a signature :D )

In answer to the question in hand:
I belong to the British Shorinji Kempo Federation, (part of the World Shorinji Kempo Organisation) we pay a yearly fee for the organisation, this is (at present) £25.
This fee covers federation membership and basic third party insurence cover (would seem that this is an important part of MA training, more important in the US?).