You didn't rejoin? I wonder why that is?

If you do the math, $75.00/year comes down to $6.25/month.

I can tell you that with our club, which does not pro-rate either and also charges $75.00/year. The capital property is worth well more than that would generate over a years collection from every member, let alone the ability to fly there whenever you wish. If it's a money issue, then perhaps it's not worth the effort to join any club nor to fly RC. $75.00 per year is not an expense worth squabbling over, that's for sure, no matter if they pro-rate it or not.

Of course, this is just my opinion, but as our club's President, I find that anyone that argues about that fee is just not listenening to the facts nor is that person aware of all that the club has to endure. For instance, we have two fields. Both require mowing, porta-potties, road maintenance, one requires lighting (electrical power), and regular field maintenance such as when the jerks with their 4WD trucks come in and do spirals and spins and donuts and tear up the flying field and leave their empty beer cans as a jesture of kindness. Someone has to clean that up then fix the field and all that takes money. Your $75.00 annual dues begins to make some sense if you take a moment to look at it. What we do, though, is if someone joins in, say October or November we count that as the next year's dues and let it go at that. It's just not worth the effort to collect two months dues then charge another $75 for the next year.

That's my opinion and, unlike some other people, I don't have others..

DS