I would say that both my guilds have quilt-related workshops only. I only attend if it's an instructor with a method that I'm really interested in. The cost to members is only $40 for one guild, and I'm not sure what it is for the other. The guild pays the bulk of the fees from income from dues, opportunity ticket sales, quilt raffle sales, etc. but sometimes the instructor charges a hefty "kit" fee. I have noticed that neither guild has had truly well known speakers in a long time.