Cost of STC Meetings (was "Why haven't I heard of you?")

[Guy Haas <ghaas -at- NETSCAPE -dot- COM>]

At 10:17 AM 2/21/97 -0600, "Eric Haddock, QP" wrote:
>I hear you re:  the high cost of STC. Aside from the membership of
$100/year, the
>meetings here cost on average $16/month (they're always dinner meetings).

...
>   By the way, how many people usually come to your STC meetings?
>

Our Silicon Valley Chapter (http://stc.org/region8/svc/www) had its monthly
dinner meetings in a hotel.  Paying for food was required:

                  dinner &      dessert
                   dessert       only

   members        $19.00          $7
   non-members    $25.50         $10

In 1996, we conducted a survey, including questions about dinner meetings.
People complained about food quality & value.

Now, we have meetings at a restaurant:

                  food        no food

   members        $12.00          $5
   non-members    $15.00          $8

Our meetings have ranged from 100 to over 250 people (I believe our
new space has a 250 limit). Our first meeting in the new facility
featured hors-d'ouvres: salad, bread, pita pockets, humus....

--g



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