Dutchess County Singles, Inc.

P.O. Box 3688
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

The annual membership fee is $15.00 (primarily to cover the cost of the newsletter). Please mail your completed application and payment to the address shown on the application. The fees charged for various activities are intended to be "break-even" amounts.

All DCS memberships expire on May 31. Renewals should be sent during April and May. If you first join DCS during June through December, you must pay a full year's membership. If you join in January, February or March, you pay for half the year. In both cases your membership must be renewed the following May. If you join DCS in April or May you must pay a full year's membership and your membership expires May 31 of the following year (i e, you get 13 or 14 months of membership).

DCS is managed by an elected board of officers, who serve for one calendar year. There are no paid officers, although the officers do not pay dues for the year they are serving and are not charged for dances. The Club is always interested in having members volunteer to serve as officers. The current officers are listed in every newsletter. You may contact any officer if you have questions, comments of suggestions about the Club.

DCS is open to all ages 21 or over. Most (but not all) members are within the 30--55 year old group and activities tend to be oriented toward this age range.

The Club, through its officers, usually arranges two major activities each month, one of which is our dance. The dances usually have over 200 people attending.  All other activities are done by volunteers among our members. All members are expected to organize (or at least help run) one activity each year. (The officers will be happy to help you participate).

House parties (scheduled by you, the DCS members) tend to be popular. The leader usually limits attendance to something like 20 to 40 people. Most house parties reach their limits early, so you should make an early reservation, if you are interested in attending a house party listed in the newsletter.

Other activities are more specialized and may have anywhere from 10 to 30-plus participants. If an activity listed in the newsletter interests you, but you have questions; then please do not hesitate to call the contact person listed.

We invite non-members to many activities (at a slightly higher charge). We expect these non-members to be single, but we have no way to verify or enforce this. Leaders of some activities (house parties in particular), sometimes limit their activities to members only.

The DCS Board usually meets on the second Thursday of each month. The final text of the newsletter for the following month is set at this meeting. If you wish to offer an activity, you must contact an officer early enough to have it included in the newsletter for the following month. The Board meetings are at various locations. If you wish to attend, please call one of the officers.