Members' Meeting -or- Members Meeting -or- Member's Meeting?

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Hi - I'm brand new here. I did search for a bit before posting, and the answer is probably in here somewhere, so forgive this newbie if the answer is all over this forum.

There is a trade association known as IPI (Independent Photo Imagers). They have a meeting every year. This is the official text they use:

24th Annual Members' Meeting & Trade Show

We are a vendor producing material for this trade show, and I would rather be correct than follow their style. So I ask of the wonderful experts here - Where, if anywhere, does the apostrophe belong in the word "Members"? And no, we cannot remove the "s" from "Members".

Thanks in advance

Ant_222 · Accepted Answer

The apostrophe here donotes possessivness. In plural this word ends by an "s". Not to repeat the "s" (members's) the second "s" is omitted by convention.

Nef · Answer

24th Annual Members' Meeting & Trade Show

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As Ant-222 said.

The plural possessive is members'. (The meeting is for members in general, not just for one member.)

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Cpu build 958 · Answer

When writing about members of a club, should one always use a capital M?

Anonymous · Answer

Do I write

“Members Meeting” or “Members’ Meeting”

Members' Meeting -or- Members Meeting -or- Member's Meeting?

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