Yes and no. It just seems to depend on which way the wind is blowing.
From what I've read, they'll tell you that, if you buy at developer prices, they'll waive the $2,995 joiner fee for THE Club. If they claim to be waiving a joiner fee, then a joiner fee must exist and be offered or they could have a problem.
On the other hand, you have not mentioned that they would waive the "joiner" fee so, perhaps they have changed the wording in the presentation.
At different times people have reported that resales have been handled a variety of ways. Some have requested that when they buy a developer week that it be written into the contract that they can add resale weeks to THE Club without additional expense. Other have written that when they inquired about getting resale weeks into THE Club, they were told they had to buy additional inventory from the developer. Others have reported being able to negotiate that $2,995 joiner fee.
IMO, DRI is foolish for not allowing resale owners to join THE Club for the $2,995 fee. IMO, that's essentially free money. No gifts to give out, no inventory to build and sell. No overhead what-so-ever. If someone has bought resale, they're not likely to buy developer. They already know the secrete. On the other hand, those that buy from the developer aren't likely to find out about resale values until they want to sell their units.
I also feel that, by keeping resale units out of THE Club, it has the effect of decreasing inventory for the existing members. Inventory that would be nice to have when making reservations.
So the long and short of it is, the target seems to keep changing. DRI really hasn't seemed to settle on how they're going to handle resale unit owners seeking membership in THE Club. Hopefully at some point there will be a set of rules for joining and this won't be much of a topic for discussion. Until then, it's anyones guess. If you're going to buy a DRI week resale, it's best to buy something you can either use or be happy trading using I.I. or RCI's weeks based exchange systems.