I went to an MSCC meeting when I was looking around for an Aero, I thought I would look around how the clubs worked. I lurked as opposed to introducing myself in order to get a little colour. Yup not Aero friendly.
I guess in the good old days of print the magazine and meetings were great for grass roots. In the day of the interweb several of its benefits seem redundant ? Do you need the level of management and hierarchy, I don't see the Mods on this web site pulling rank. It seemed more like a parent child structure than a peer club.
Finding this forum made all the difference. If I had gone on that alone I would never have been interested.