People in all walks of life are different. Get too many of one type of person in the same club, and their rules can really get out of hand. I was in a club once (for a VERY short time) that was so big on everyone following the same path, that one guy was even trying to make everyone use the same "homebrew" for cleaning their planes. His actual quote at the meeting was:

"Ok, so this stuff works good, and it's cheap and easy to make. So let's not see any more of those bottles of 409 and Windex out there."

That was my last meeting with that club.

Fortunately, I have been in 5 other clubs, and all of them were outstanding. Sure, you have to put up with the occasional idiot, or Know-it-all, but that goes with any and all of life's endeavors