I help organize our local annual show in "very rural" FL panhandle. We charge $3 admission to view and it is free to display even though we give prizes for the top 3 in Viewer's Choice. I get the prizes donated by our local shoppes as well as goodies for a "quilter's" raffle basket. It is held in the old gym at the Pioneer Settlement so all proceeds go back to them. We have a fabric vendor every year, as well as a few local crafter's with items for sale. We have people come from central Georgia, Mobile, AL and Tallahassee. I am kinda fussy about supporting Quilt Guilds, when not guilds a very generous in giving back to their community. To me, as a quilter and former guild president and member of several, it should be about giving back to our community. With the right members, it doesn't cost alot, if anything, to meet, so why do they think they need such big budgets? They shouldn't expect "me" to pay for their teachers and expenses throughout the year.....