I joined one of our local Guild's last month but I'm having second thoughts for a couple reasons.
There are around 60 members and they meet once a month. They have show & tell, fat quarter drawing (every one brings one and each month is a different theme, then they draw a name), BOM, a meeting, snacks (sometimes) and that's about it. It's very clique-ish and I don't really feel comfortable there. They don't do any sewing. Another drawback is during the fall and winter I cannot drive at night because I can't see that well at night. My DH has offered to take me (8 or 9 miles one way) but I don't like going that well so I guess I'm not missing much. They have a nice web and the minutes are posted so I can always see what's going on. Something that bothered me was when I joined, the President didn't even come over to say she was glad I joined or anything and there was nothing in the minutes about new members. Like I said, these ladies have been together for a long time and I didn't feel that welcome.
I like doing my own thing at home and I don't like to feel like I need to do a certain project by the next meeting. Last month it was making a pillow to show at the Sept. meeting. I could care less about making a pillow! I thought we'd be doing some charity quilts like I did when I lived in TX and met at our LQS and sewed all day making blankets or quilts for Linus Project.
There are several long-armers and the quilts they bring are fabulous and I don't feel like showing anything I've made because they don't quite measure up to theirs.