QNS I agree that some groups can be off putting, the one here in my town is so clicky, they have been together as a group for about 20 years and when we first moved here I enquired into joining then and was told that the club "had limited space" (they meet in the Church Hall) and there are 10 of them and thath they would contact me in the future.
Well guess who they contacted when they wanted their raffle quilt quilted and it was a big NO from me