Regular New Members
New members pay the following charges upon joining the Atlanta Rowing Club:
a) Annual Membership Dues (see table below for the respective amounts);
b) Initiation Fee - $300, half of which is due at joining, and the other half is due the following year;
c) Annual Maintenance Fee - $100, which can be worked off by gaining eight hours of maintenance work credits.
d) Coaching Fees - See Coaching page under the Rowing tab.
Some particular aspects:
Prorated Fees: The annual membership fee and the maintenance fee (as well as the hours) are half the regular amount for new members joining on or after September 1st.
Work Credit: A work credit may be given at the beginning of a member's second calendar year and in subsequent years. The work credit is made against the previous year's maintenance charge and it is earned by contributing to ARC work parties, helping with Learn to Row classes, or through other Board-approved work that benefits the club (including serving on the Board). Note that eight hours are required for each family member who belongs to the ARC (e.g. if a family membership comprises two adults,16 hours are required for this family). Completed work hours must be communicated to the person identified by the Board.
Head of the Hooch Regatta: All ARC members are asked to help as volunteers to run the annual Head of the Hooch regatta, held on the first weekend in November in Chattanooga. This second largest regatta in the country is the club's only fund-raiser. Every club member is expected to contribute at least six hours of his/her time, eight hours if they participate in more than one race. If a member volunteers more than eight hours at the Hooch, those hours in excess of eight are counted toward a member's Work Credit. For every hour a member falls short of the minimum six hours requirement, (s)he owes the club $10 in order to defer some of the costs of hiring outside help instead. (You find the details in ARC's Hooch Volunteering Policy).
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