I meant to reply earlier, but I needed to go back and see something on this...
Actually those dues were done away with, and we amended the bylaws saying that once you join Gamma Sigma Sigma, you are automatically a lifetime member. So you don't have to pay extra fees or anything from now on.
I like it and then I don't like it. Not every sister will really be in service to the sorority for a lifetime-some view it as "something I did in college". When members take that initiative to pay lifetime fees, that's speaks a little better to me. I would like to see a lifetime member pin designed for those who want one. But since the rules changed, having things like a section @ Convention, we couldn't do that. Everybody would be in that section