The answer is a resounding NO. For the fourth consecutive dues increase, membership payments did NOT decrease. Pathways leveled off membership numbers, but Covid had by far the largest impact, reducing payments by 25.8% in four years (from 2018-19 to 2022-23).

• 2005-06 ($18 -> $27, 50%), 1.06% membership increase
• 2011-12 ($27 -> $36, 33%), 3.34% membership increase
• 2016-17 ($36 -> $45, 25%), 1.90% membership increase
• 2023-24 ($45 -> $60, 33%), 1.41% membership increase

Earlier dues increases were 1981-82 ($3 -> $12) and 1992-93 ($12 -> $18), but I cannot find any membership payment data from those years. Imagine what people were saying in 1981 when dues quadrupled!

Even at $60/six months (plus club dues), Toastmasters is a great value!