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mrleesimpson
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Is anyone a member of any business or industry specific associations or networking forums?
A new northeast one called a:design association has just been launched here in the North East and for some reason its £300 per/annum to join!
Now call me cynical but these just seem like massive money spinners for the owner/organisers and hard work for members whether it be industry specific or one for general business owners. This might seem like a bit of a rant but surely as a business speading £300+ per year on this kind of activity is money not well spent if I'm going along and directly competing with the other people there.
I suppose in one respect charging members to joins means a certain amount of quality control in the businesses they accept and obviously theres costs involved, but there must be a more enterprising way to run this that doesn't involve silly costs.
Anyon got any thoughts on this?
A new northeast one called a:design association has just been launched here in the North East and for some reason its £300 per/annum to join!
Now call me cynical but these just seem like massive money spinners for the owner/organisers and hard work for members whether it be industry specific or one for general business owners. This might seem like a bit of a rant but surely as a business speading £300+ per year on this kind of activity is money not well spent if I'm going along and directly competing with the other people there.
I suppose in one respect charging members to joins means a certain amount of quality control in the businesses they accept and obviously theres costs involved, but there must be a more enterprising way to run this that doesn't involve silly costs.
Anyon got any thoughts on this?