Our club has a 425' foot of asphalt, chain link barrier fencing and a 24 X 24 foot metal pavillion with enclosed locking closet/snack bar. We also have fresh water and a functional indoor toilet with running water. It is located on a great site. We have about 25 members and some of them complain about paying $100 a year to fly, say it is too high. They have no idea what it takes to keep up a place. This past year we purchased a new lawn mower to keep the grass cut, at a cost of $1800.
Again I don't understand it, it equals out to about $8 a month for a fenced in site, with 24 hours access and all the amentities described. At the last meeting these guys raised such a ruckus that the club was forced to reduce our dues to $58 a year. I do not know how we will now be able to keep up our field and finish the projects we had started. I understand how these things get expensive, but for the things we were trying to do, I do not think the dues were out of order, especially with the loss of flying sites all over the country.
Sorry to vent, but reading this thread reminded me.....
Tommy