Laughing at the monkeys in funny 3 piece suits . WHY To give you a voice. To help you communicate. To help you YELL at people with power who would gladly ignore you.
Email is useful.
In fact, it is THE most popular single use of the internet by sheer volume of data sent. Having somethign to say, something worthy of being said, is your job. It can be VERY handy to have another Email account. Most ISP's only give you ONE Email account. And there are other services relating to email you only get from a specialty house that can greatly benifit a club or business, such as autoresponders or mail lists.