After you find a Club, attend a meeting.  Clubs have different personalities, so you may wish to visit several before you make a decision on which to join.  NOTE: Clubs occasionally change their meeting time, day and location; best is to call ahead to verify.

If there are no Clubs near you or at a convenient meeting time, consider starting one!

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Monetary Expense.  How often do you attend seminars or other training which costs, say, $500/day or more?  Well, check us out.  There are three factors which determine your cost of joining a Toastmasters Club:

1.  Toastmasters International Dues.  Dues are collected twice a year and currently Toastmasters International Dues are $18.00/six months or $36.00 for an entire year.   (You also receive The Toastmaster magazine every month.  And one more thing, this fee is pro-rated based on the exact month you first join.)

NOTE:  There is a proposal to be voted on at the Toastmasters International Convention in Toronto in August 2005 to increase Toastmasters International Dues to $27.00 every six months or $54.00 for an entire year.  (Again, this is a proposal until the vote takes places in August at the International Convention in Toronto.)

2.  Toastmasters International.  There is a $16.00 brand new-member fee which includes “the basic manual” and various Toastmasters program reference material.

3.  Individual Club Dues.   Dues which are necessary to cover Clubs operating expenses and vary widely.  As an example, some Clubs have to pay for their meeting space and other Clubs have really very little to pay for, including their meeting space.