Re: The STC and me - Chapter Budgets

[Keri Morgret <kerilists -at- morgret -dot- net>]

One thing that has greatly helped our chapter budget is that we became a 
member of Peachpit's User Group program (Peachpit Press). We receive one 
free book each month of our choice, and we usually use this for our door 
prize for our chapter meetings. O'Reilly and other publishers also have a 
User Group program where an organization can receive hefty discounts on 
books for their library or other use.
http://www.peachpit.com/user_groups/index.asp?st=43585


We're able to run a fairly lean chapter. We don't have to pay for meeting 
space, we instead volunteer our time back to the organization that provides 
us our meeting space. We don't hold meetings in July and August when 
attendance is down, thus saving costs for food and such (and giving the 
board a break from planning meetings). We're also able to occasionally hold 
joint meetings with the local University chapter, and thus able to use the 
University's facilities with little or no charge.

I do not know the exact membership count of our chapter, but we have 20-30 
people show up at most meetings.

Keri Morgret