Connecticut 2025-26 Game Fees ...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Annual Dues: $135.00 ... Includes IAABO local, state, and international dues as well a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Officials Association, and National Federation of High Schools

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

your dues are nuts, it's all tax write-off but still...

The largest percentage of our dues goes to our annual banquet.

Since COVID we've had outdoor (under a large tent) "picnic" style catered banquets (hot dogs, hamburgs, etc.).

Not well attended.

We recently switched back to a fancy "sit down" banquet facility (country club) to improve attendance.

We tried to get returnable banquet "deposits" to keep costs down (only ordering food for those that seriously wanted to attend), which actually decreased attendance (not sure why, deposit was refunded when you showed up at the door).

Since COVID we've had problems with members attending both our end of the season business meeting (election of officers, etc.) and/or our banquet.

So we decided to combine our end of the season business meeting and our banquet into one "meeting", with a $25 fine (used to be $50) for non-attendance, with the goal of improving attendance.

That increased attendance, but made the banquet more expensive, with more members attending.

Latest idea to save money was to change from an open bar (for over forty plus years) to a cash bar.

That, obviously, did not go over well with many members.

End of season events have become "juggling acts", trying to both increase attendance and keep costs down.

Many, obviously, just want to officiate games and attend as few meetings, even meetings with food, as possible, even if it costs them a $25 fine.

We're running out of ideas.