Well, my experience shows that stuff like this happens in all clubs, groups, guilds, etc. Often the old guard refuses to yield to new, more creative ideas...if it was good enough 25 years ago, its good enough now. My husband and I are licensed ham radio operators, and even in that group, so many things were wrong, even to the point of "rigging" door prize winners! It was so petty that we both gave up our memberships, and didn't even miss it. I join groups to DE-Stress, and if something that is supposed to be fun just isn't, I leave it. My husband has terminal leukemia, so my life is stressful enough without adding to it. You keep doing what you do, relish the joy that your quilting brings YOU, and leave the old crabby people in your dust!!!