Our guild charges $24 per year. We have one monthly meeting and one or more sewing meetings which is usually a class taught by a member. People take turns bringing lunch items for the regular meetings, but we sack lunch classes. The business meeting is in the morning then we have lunch and sew. When we have a hired teacher we pay a small fee. It has typically been $20 which helps pay her fee and also insure your attendance. In the past we have had problems with people signing up for free classes then not attending. The guild was stuck with a hefty price tag for just a few participants. FYI some of us felt the classes chosen were not too good, so I think that was why attendance was poor.
I also belong to a small group which meets at the LQS. We pay $5 per meeting each to the shop owner. That fee is the same for classes, meetings or whatever and is for use of her huge classroom. I
It is a bargain for use of her tables, irons, cutting stations and so on. When she has classes there most teachers only charge $20 if anything at all.
In both locations we do not have to tear down or set up for ourselves, which had become a problem for members. Our guild members were having problems toting around the heavy tables and so on.