Nichi-Bei News

News and Information from the Japan-America Society of Washington DC

August 01, 2006

Membership Dues Raised from August 1

The Society's membership dues have not gone up since -- well, no one can remember!

But our expenses certainly have.

So we conducted a survey of membership rates at the major Societies across the United States and found that our dues were the lowest of all.

The Board of Trustees voted at their last meeting to raise general membership dues, effective August 1. However, it directed that the revised dues should be set at the average rate among the six major Societies in the United States (New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco). So our dues still are lower than some of our big city counterparts.

The new rates are $60 for individual members and $80 for families; $25 for students and $40 for seniors; and $150 for sustaining members.