I had just the opposite experience; too many and too friendly. I did join at the first meeting and have been a member for over 5 years. I'm in Florida so in the winter we have around 100 in attendance; in the summer we are lucky to have 25 present. My suggestion is to watch what the gals are working on and try to get into a conversation with one doing something that would interest you. Also, do they have lectures/classes for education; a library for you to check out books. There are lots of advantages of a guild, just make sure you find one that's really got activities going on that interest you.