Our guild is through the Country Extension Office. We are considered a "special interest group" and our dues are $12 a year. More than reasonable. We do not have officers, we vote on what we want to do and are open to suggestions from all members. If we want to learn a specific pattern, we split the cost of the instructor for the day (usually in the morning for about 3 hours). It is usually about $5 each. We meet with the guild one day a month at the extension office. We are currently having 3 or 4 UFO days a month. In addition, we take road trips periodically.
This really helps those of us who do not have room to do our cutting and sewing. Our time frame is 10:00 to 4:00 which makes it worthwhile to load up our equipment for a day of work. We are permitted to get there as early as 9:00, if we desire.