

I think what may be implied by OPs comment:
The other members of the club will harass you to come to events. Your dues are your indirect way of paying for your social event harassment (ha!).
As a friend of a club member, I often don’t want to go but am cajoled, and then I’m glad I went. It’s awesome. Highly recommend.
The Tech Policy Press outlet is a great news source. I do, however, wish they had more optimistic stories like an interview with a small business in the EU that is seriously benefiting from the interoperability requirements of the DMA. Everything is pretty doom and gloom. Anyway, this is not very related to the article itself posted here which is some great (not necessarily gloomy) reporting 🙂
EDIT: DMA not DNA lol