Rating fee drives everything
With a user fee only (or a nominal $10 annual membership fee) we could still pay provincial affiliates per rated game in their province. Provinces are then motivated to hold more events.
It is difficult to use our existing stats to extrapolate a revenue projection because I believe the behaviour will change if the fee structure changes to this degree.
I like the user (rating ) fee as the primary driver. I believe that players resist the member fee and we would have more players if it was diminished. Going forward, an expanded base of players is also an expanded base of potential donors.