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Membership Questions: Cost, Liability & Effort

Cost, liability, effort. These are the right questions to ask, and they deserve direct answers rather than reassurance. This sheet answers all three, and follows each answer with the reason it holds — so it survives scrutiny from a finance director or attorney who was not in the room. Each also carries an honest caveat: the staff hours in the authorizing process, the independent attorney review that ought to happen, and the awareness effort that determines whether membership produces anything. Closes with the follow-on questions governing bodies ask next, from bond rating to withdrawal terms.

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