The guild idea was a bad one for me as well. On the fourth meeting a "founder" of the guilt presented a program and it seemed as though she used "When we started this..." almost every other sentence, and it was with a sneer each time. She was a complete stranger to me; she hadn't been to the other meetings I'd attended. When she stopped at our table I realized that I physically pulled away from her. My friend and I both decided that that was the deciding factor. We had not been spoken to at any meeting, except this one, and then it had a negative connotation. I been guild shy ever since.