Our ManitobaCanada guild is 300+ members and the halls keep getting too small for the new joins. What I like about our guild is their huge and growing all the time tool, book library we can all benefit from created by members donations. Every mth they clear out the old book/magazines for under 50cents. Of course the show/tell is the highlight. Baby donation another good item.. We get vendors every year for our shopping pleasure. What I dislike is when other quilters with the fortune to own lovely machines and the satellite groups that can at times make me feel a little cheap and black sheep. Something I had to work around by vltr at the hospitality table to avoid issues some might have with myself.. I get to ride with someone when they are available so not alone, otherwise I save money for a taxis and it is my holiday event for the mth. I miss them during summer mths.