Originally Posted by mpspeedy
I believe and I may be wrong that most guilds do some amount of chairitable work in order to mantain their "non-profit" status. While they raise money through shows, raffles and bingos etc. they have to give away a certain percentage in order to keep the IRS off of thier case. When any group has a bank account that sees the coming and going of thousands of dollars "big brother" gets very interested. I know both of the guilds I belong to have to pay rent and have ongoing expenses for speakers, teachers etc. When you are dealing with groups as large as 100 that is a given.
I participate only in the projects I choose. If I felt pressured I would not be a member of the group. I am also willing to speak up when I get that impression.
This is true . But i'm not going to my guild this year. For some reason we are not getting the speakers that we use to get. I know it is tough out there now. but our dues went up and we were doing more chairty work than befor. Pluse the people do not seem as friendly as they use to be.