SCAUG has the means to support subchapters during paid events with credit cards and bank transactions.

 
SCAUG has a strong professional reputation throughout the South Central United States with GIS users. Groups wanting to join SCAUG as a subchapter can promote their user group while at the same time promote that they are part of a larger organization.

SCAUG has established many partnerships throughout its existence. One example is the partnership with ESRI. Sub-chapters have potential to benefit from this partnership with things such as visits from ESRI specialists, giveaways and a custom logo designed by an ESRI graphic artist.

Any GIS User Group may become an official subchapter of the South Central Arc User Group. In order to do so, a representative from the user group must contact a member of the executive board and submit in writing a request for recognition. There is no cost to become a subchapter of SCAUG.

Once the executive board has been presented with the user group's written request, the executive board will then vote to allow recognition of the user group as a sub-chapter of SCAUG.

After official recognition, the user group will be permitted to publicize its affiliation with SCAUG as well as use the SCAUG logo in conjunction with any and all promotion of the subchapter.

In the event that the subchapter hosts a meeting, conference, workshop, or seminar and collects monetary compensation from said events, all attendees at the event must become a member of SCAUG. This is easiest to accomplish by including this fee into the registration.

Meetings or conferences lasting more than one day must get executive board approval. Conferences must be six months before or after the SCAUG regional conference. Conferences that contain vendors are limited to twelve vendors without executive board approval.

Subchapters are also required to adopt the existing bylaws and charter of SCAUG as well as establish a chair to represent the subchapter.