Now I'm a happy member of another club (and a third one also)! Feel
free to move on!

/Janos

I'm was extremely pleased with the first club I joined mainly
perhaps because I spent a lot of time researching what
club to join.

Yes, my main club is 100nm and a 3 hour drive from my house,
but I wanted a low key club with few restrictions, very available gliders,
low cost, and encouraging for X-C.

There was another option closer, but I didn't see a benefit
for me at the time of the higher cost, lower availability,
closer location, nicer aircraft.

I'm fortunate to have three outstanding (each in their own way)
glider clubs and one commercial operator within 100nm.
I chose one because it suited my X-C desires more closely,
and I was able to be part of a wonderful sub-group in that
club.

For those who are having trouble, I hope you've shopped around a bit,
and perhaps accepted the idea that you may need to drive
a bit further away to find an atmosphere that is compatible...
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Mark J. Boyd