The best thing you can do is make friends with a club officer, which you will probably do when you pay anyway, and ask what the safety and etiquette rules are. That simple act of decency will distinguish you as a desirable member right off the bat. Believe it or not, there are some goofballs who join clubs who think that the fact they paid means they can do whatever they want to because they approach it like they are paying for a service instead of cooperating with other equals to build and maintain a flying site. And don't get me started on the entitled goons who think they shouldn't have to pay...