Can a sorority charge interest on REALLY late dues? Is it Legal? How can we do it?

Question

I am the treasuer for a sorority and many of our alumnae have not payed there "after graduation" dues, and some of them have not even payed their dues from when they were active. It's not fair that my generation has limited funds, because our alums havn't paid us what they owe.
When someone joins, they have to sign a paper that says they will pay a certain amount within 2 years of their graduation. So is there a way to start charging interest, or late fees? If so, how can I go about doing this? Do I need to fill out anything to make it legal and legitamate? Or can I just tell them "if you don't pay by this date, we will start charging interest at this rate."?

If anyone has any other idea of how to get them to pay, that is welcome. We HAVE requested that they pay, and we've been very nice about it. But now some of them are asking that we provide a list of what every dollar they owe comes from. The problem with this is, we don't have that many records. Most of it is just accumulated dues. So all we have is a list of how much they owe.

Answer 1

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you could have a lawyer write a letter, take them to small claims court, if it gets that bad.

Answer 2

First piece of advice: from now on keep better records of the fees/dues that people are incurring,

If they signed a paper, mail them a copy of their signed statement that "reminds" them of their financial obligation that they said agreed to.

Is there a faculty advisior for the sorority? IF so, have you talked to them? Are you a part of a national sorority? If so, talk to national.

The biggest turn-off to argument about collecting "after graduation" dues is that it is not fair. Number one, life is not fair. Number two, don't you think that previous generations had the exact same problem?

Good luck