Other Options:

• All members receive one ticket. Extra tickets may be purchased by members.
  
  
• For typical inexpensive items everyone gets a ticket. For substantial items (more than $200 in value) we sell tickets to everyone ($1 per ticket with maximum 20 tickets per person)
  
  
• Meetings are open to the public (no official membership required), but donators of $5.00 or more get a raffle ticket.
  
  
• $5 gets you in with 1 ticket and refereshments included. $1 per each additional ticket. Meetings open to the public - no annual member fees as yet.
  
  
• When a Swapmeet/Computer Market is run, we do a "Give us a Fiver" promo - entry to the swap meet costs $3, raffle tickets cost $2, but most will hand over the $5 without really querying it and one or two may end up with a nice surprize mid afternoon ;)

Comments:

• You did not not include free tickets for anyone. A BMUG tradition, sigh.
  
  
• Each member gets ONE ticket ONLY because our meeting place does not allow "Raffles or Games of Chance" without special (expensive) permits.
  
  
• We are looking to grow our numbers, concerned that a membership system with dues is not cost effective to manage.
  
  
• We don't get very much stuff to raffle off.
  
  
• We charge $1.00 a ticket and anyone can buy as many tickets as they wish. This produces multiple winners some times but no one seems to care.
  
  
• 50/50 + prizes; 3 tickets for $2
  
  
• Members pay for the meeting hall, non-members need a reason to join
  
  
• What about atypical raffles - like the one where we had a prize pool worth over AUD$20,000 and except for the iMac, all the rest was donated ;)
  
  
• Raffles have become very popular with our group. We also offer door prizes which are free but members only. With this mix of offers, we have something for everone.
  
  
• We have door prizes -- small items, books etc. and raffles--larger items, usually 1-3. Tickets cost $2 or 3 for $5. If you buy a ticket and you are wearing a club logoed item, you get an extra ticket.