Reply #8: Small business owner here.

[tosh]

:hi:

Yes, we (our business) are members of our local chamber.

I have never been under the impression that our local chamber had any affiliation whatsoever with either the US COC or our state COC.

Our local chamber organizes receptions, street sales an annual dinner for members and things of that nature and occasionally gets involved in a local-level issue. They also promote tourism and serve as a tourism office, FWIW. It is very small.

I am 99.99% certain that none of our dues are submitted to the US COC.

Is the membership worth the cost? I have no idea.

As a side note, I served for a while on the founding board of our local animal welfare organization. It had decided to name itself the "Humane Society of ....". We were forever catching unexpected flak due to a presumed association with HSUS when there was never any such association. It is only a name, a widely used name.