Upon joining Toastmasters, you will find yourself paying three different fees. One is the standard $16.00 fee that every new member must pay in order to receive educational materials (see below). One is the standard International dues, $3.00 per month. One is your Club dues, if any.

All Toastmasters clubs are billed in March and September for semi-annual dues for their members who wish to remain members for the next six months. If you join in between those periods, you submit a pro-rated share of the dues.

Clubs usually charge dues on top of the world dues. This is so they'll have money in the treasury for expenses. It's up to each club what they want to charge. Some clubs waive the club dues for new members and only assess them at the semi-annual dues payment dates.

So, to make a long story short, if you join at the following times, you'd owe:
April or October: $16.00 + $18.00 + club dues
May or November: $16.00 + $15.00 + club dues
June or December $16.00 + $12.00 + club dues
July or January $16.00 + $9.00 + club dues
August or February $16.00 + $6.00 + club dues
September or March $16.00 + $3.00 + club dues

Then, once you're signed up, dues of $18.00 + club dues are assessed every six months, in September and March.

Note: due to California law, members of California clubs pay sales tax on their new member fee.

Portland Toastmasters (Club 31) has adopted the policy of waiving the club dues for new members, so you only pay the new member fee and International dues when you join. After that, the club dues are $7.00 every six months making the total dues for members $25.00 per six months.

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