I think you have pretty much heard it all by now. I belonged to the same guild for almost 25 years and loved it. My guild was pretty large and there was lots to do. Our group also had some mini groups and I went to one of those for 22 years. I enjoyed all of the resources available in our quilt group (speakers, quilting retreats, books, and friends, etc.). The only reason I stopped going was I no longer enjoyed driving the 15 miles to the meetings at night. My loss. Now I go to a Senior Center in the daytime to quilt with other quilters.