Our group meets at the library. We do have dues but that doesn't matter here. We do have restrictions on selling anything and recently we used the room for a workshop but had to collect the money for the workshop away from the library which wasn't a problem. We make a donation each year to the library for the use of the room. Trying to find affordable meeting rooms for any group is a challenge. The other non-sewing clubs I belong to meet at a Moose (we can use the room as long as we buy the meal they serve); a church (one person is a member and the church allows many groups to use their building as part of their outreach to the community); clubhouse at a mobile home park where a member lives (used to meet at a clubhouse at an apartment complex but they started charging by the hour even for residents).