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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ironshot" data-source="post: 134476" data-attributes="member: 6881">Local,   You need to pay closer attention,  Glad to hear you are being open minded.The $150 is a discounted initiation fee.  This fee also helps with travel and lodging etc.   This should answer your other persistant question on where is the money coming from?   When you aren't renting presidential suites, limos,first class airline seats and fine dining for a large posse; travel costs don't need to  be  excessive.   Once a facility is recognized  as APWA  the fee goes up to a standard amount..Whether it is $225 or $250 it's not that much.  So take the early bird special.  Also the IBT has a similair fee but it is ($250 +$20 as of 2001) just taken out of your check weekly.  This also occurs after a facility is recognized as IBT.</blockquote>