What does everyone pay in dues?

[RandomFence]

(monthly, quarterly, yearly, per semester in school, etc)

I've been fencing at a club for awhile (not my first one) and I find the yearly dues to be quite prohibitive for such a small, near dysfunctional club. I really want to make a case for change but I've got to be sure it's not just me that thinks the place to be awfully expensive for so little.

PLEASE give me a little feedback here.

[whtouche]

Fencing at UMass, 100 dollars a semester. Worth it.

[DangerMouse]

Currently nothing

Previously I paid $50/month for floor fees and a lesson/week. The rates have since been raised to $100/month

[Epictetus]

Fencing at St. Mary's: Free, so far. If you join USFA the school funds a percentage of the dues.

[Pelle]

$300 (canadian) for twice a week for 10 weeks, great club, olympic coach

[TooLoftheDeviL]

Fencing at Clemson: $40 per semester

[Hamley]

I pay....err my parents pay 170 a month for floor fee 2 class lessons and 1 private lesson, and one "condition class"

[ThornOfTheBlood]

20$ a month, plus 25$ a year for club membership(for use of the armorer and such) That's 2 classes a week, with lessons once to twice a week all year 'round, plus 2 more a week free ones at the local college with lessons there as well.

[OjBinge]

I pay $60/half semester, with practices four days a week.

[xcr]

$50 Canadian per semester. This includes use of kit, lessons (inc. private) and 2 (or 3... it may go up) practices a week.

[500gms]

my child fences at the fencers club $550 a year 2 private lessons @ $35 per; one footwk/conditioning @$25 and one gen class @$55 every week! and $400 for 1 yrs locker rental. We also pay $200 per season (3 mos) to fence for the high school.

[gamerdork]

My club is $50/ month and $20/lesson.

[wpotere]

17 Euros a month.

[Inquartata]

$20 per semester. Lessons are extra. ( This is a college club. )

[Hurriranger]

free for school but it's only 6 weeks a year. have to goto girls grammar for whole year training sessions. But i goto club once in a while and that's 10 dollars a lesson

[sabreman]

I think it's about $90.00 a year.

[scarlet_woman156k]

For all my training I pay a total of $130 a month (1 lesson per week, dues at two clubs for three nights of fencing, and a gym membership). The good thing is my gym membership should go down in about 10 months or so, and I'll save $25 a month.

[Victor]

I'm renegotiating my pay schedule with my coach now. We both agree that he needs to pay me more for the honor of giving me a lesson. (I sometimes collect fees from observers as well.)

[FencingWench]

I'm the beginner coach for a college club. We have undergrads pay $30/semester, but if they join USFA, it's $25. Everyone else (community members, grad students, etc) pays $50/semester. That includes 4 2 hour sessions per week and individual lessons as the other coach has time, which averages once every other week. They pay nothing extra for the lessons. We generally have 2 drill intensive practices and 2 bouting focused practices, so there's something for everyone.

[oiuyt]

$65/month + lesson fees ($25/lesson).

Former 2 clubs no membership fee as I was a coach.

Club before that $200/year.

Club before that $175/year (UMass).

Club before that free as I was a student at the school that hosted the club.

-B :)