Please give the guild another try. It may be that with the guest speaker and everything else - that they were overwhelmed. Try it again when there is less going on, and be sure to let them know that you are new to the guild. I have been a member of our local guild for many years now and don't know what I'd do without it.
This year I will be president for the second time. My biggest problem is the lack of members who will volunteer for committees. I have put them on notice that if I don't get volunteers - I will start appointing members to committees. (grin) It worked at the last meeting. I needed volunteers for the nominating committee and got 4. Last year there was a committee of 1.
I will keep on this path to letting them know if no one volunteers - that I will appoint them. LOL