The money from those who remain BA CHEF need to have the money returned, and those who joined the new group need to get a full refund ~ so that they can pay the dues for the new group. Otherwise, it's gonna be a long, bumpy ride folks.
It's an awful situation and as hurtful as the whole situation is, the money situation just compounds it. Big CHEF trusted BA CHEF to collect it's dues for them...$24 per person, when they collected their own dues...$10 per person.
Now this new group has control over all the money and they say they'll refund as needed...and I believe them, but the point is, when they left BA CHEF, they should have left the money behind and requested refunds from the new leadership, whomever that might be.
They shouldn't have control over that money anymore.