PPA Membership

[bogleric]

I found some debates on this while searching the web, however thought I would ask here.

I noticed that a few people on this forum are members of the PPA and was wondering what they thought of the membership and if the benefits (both tangible and non-tangible) were worth the cost?

I have been doing photography professionally for about 7 years now, but am not a member of any association. (unfortunately I am not allowed to post most (almost all) of my work on the web due to contractual restrictions.)

Thanks for your thoughts....