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Inactive members Dues
I'm gonna provide background if you wanna read it. if not skip it and read the Bold.
I'm one of the leading members of my local co-ed fraternity. We are currently running into major issues of dedication. We were founded in 1986 and keep very strong traditions making change pretty hard, Alumni are very involved in Week to week events and they do not like to see things change.
We currently have 36 members enrolled in our school however only 20 of them paid dues and even less would i really consider "active". They show up and go through the motions but aren't outgoing.
Our major events is based around pledging including 2 parties that the active members pay for everything through dues, Alumni come for free as do all the actives.
Our main problem is that there is very little incentive for paying dues and no one is willing to tell a person they consider a brother that they cannot show up to the events. Being in "bad standing" (haven't paid dues, don't show up to enough meeting etc...) doesn't stop you from coming to the free parties with free beer and free food.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how can we add "perks" for being in good standing and being active, or would you say suck it up and tell the members in bad standing they cannot come. What about brothers that graduate while in bad standing?
We are based on ideals that once your in, your in for life and cannot be exiled without a serious reason. (like killing someone level of reason)
Also there is no scholarship, no financial benefit, no housing, no real perks. of being in our family besides having a brotherhood for life that will be there like or better then your real family.
do other organizations have the problem of members not paying dues? how do you solve this? if you don't mind me asking how much are they? ours are normally around $80 depending on size of actives/pledges and pledging is free.
Thank you for any feedback
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