They charge 210 dollars for a non profit organization to register with them
and yet they demand another 45 dollars for the room?
That's... a little too much I think =S
Well, it's always good to be upfront with people: what is supposed to be
like, in each get together of the club. If you won't want people to take
their time there to talk about Skype and Facebook for example, you should
tell them that.
More important, prepare ahead. What will be the first activity there? What
will be the discussion topics? That kind of thing.
Also, you will depend on wether or not people on your area are interested
about free software. Maybe you could use the PRISM scandal to call people to
join you.... Just an idea.