Much like you, I have a business to run, clients to serve and a private life. I donate to charity, attend many business events and pay dues to an assortment of organizations, as you probably do. Volunteers accomplish everything SofTECH does, in a way that money can't.
Members volunteer because they care, derive meaning from doing it and much more.
As a business coach, I support my clients in doing what is meaningful for them. I volunteer because I care about our community's prosperity and future. Volunteer because it matters to you. Their efforts return to them in the quality of events, and in the experience and learning they gain. Members get out of our association what they put into it.