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title: "Finding the Balance: Dues & Membership"
description: Member dues are the largest source of revenue for country clubs, city clubs and yacht clubs. Balancing dues and membership levels is the most effective way to improve a club's financial health.
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# [Finding the Balance: Dues & Membership](https://www.clubbenchmarking.com/on-demand-webinars/finding-the-balance-dues-membership)

 Written by [Ray Cronin](https://www.clubbenchmarking.com/on-demand-webinars/author/ray-cronin) | Mar 24, 2019 11:20:00 PM

No other source of revenue impacts the health of a club more directly than dues. In this 30-minute webinar, we explain how Managers, Controllers and Boards can take a data-driven, fact-based approach to achieving a healthy flow of dues revenue and financial balance in a challenging membership market.

#### Dues and **Initiation Fees**

While it’s not unusual for club boards to kick the dues issue down the road to avoid controversy, eventually the subject must be addressed. Taking a fact-based approach is a good way to turn an emotionally charged issue into a strategic discussion. So how do you get that conversation started?

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