IGDA Benefits for Individualists

I often get asked by developers why they should join the IGDA, and my answer basically covers the points here:
http://www.igda.org/join/

Now here's the problem: The devs that ask me why they should pay $50/year to IGDA tend to be pretty focused on pragmatism. Altruism is a weak argument to them. So the community-based reasons fly out the window with these folks. They don't care much for legislation efforts, voting privileges, or news feeds. The forums are free to all, so there is no members-only benefit as far as this forum is concerned. In essence, I feel that I don't have much ammunition to go on when I'm trying to sell IGDA membership to these discerning hardasses.

So I'm starting this thread as a brainstorming session in the hopes of either

1. Being notified of existing reasons to be an official IGDA member that will appeal to the "pragmatic individualist" who is not community oriented or altruistic in any way
2. Coming up with some feasible ideas for IGDA central to implement that will appeal to folks who fall under the "pragmatic individualist" category

Keep in mind that local chapters do not get any funding from IGDA-Central, so anything that requires a local chapter to spend money needs some support from IGDA-Central.