What a sorry club. It's hard to imagine an entire club full of people who are too selfish to spend a few hours helping someone new. I can't believe they all learned by themselves. However you said you've been to the field alot and have only seen one person? It sounds like a club that's dying from lack of interest. Hopefully you can find at least one person to help you. Perhaps then you can learn well enough to begin teaching people. And then maybe you can work with a few others to rejuvinate this club before it dies.