This is such a sad story that keeps getting repeated over and over. It seems like the bigger (and maybe older?) the guild is, the less open to newcomers they are. On several occasions my guild friend and I would notice a newcomer walking/standing around at a meeting not knowing what to do next or where to sit and we would wave them over to sit with us. We knew how it felt to be "invisible". Seemed like we were the only ones who cared to do this ... and our guild was huge. We also would then give them the name of the President of the Newcomers group in town so they might join that too. I visited a FL guild when I first moved there several years back and the same thing happened to me that happened to you. No one even acknowledged me. Plus, part way through the meeting, the President announced that she was leaving her post and walked out. Did I join that guild? No way!!! What is it with some women's groups? I will stick with my small quilt group for now. As someone else suggested, it might be good to notify the guild to let them know what happened. Things cannot be changed if they don't know about it.