This is one of these threads that will probably still be running many years from now with contributions into the thousands.
A few things are clear to me so far:
Some of us are not nearly as good as we think we are.
Some of us put a lot of hard work into helping run clubs and without our help the club probably would not exist.
Some of us are really thrilled to get the chance to perform in front of an audience even if we are rubbish.
Some of us would benefit from friendly evaluation of our performance.
Some of us would curl up and die if we were criticised.
Clubs are different, some big and successful, some small and just limping along.
There is room for all kinds.
The audience will decide for themselves what they are prepared to put up with.
Any club that doesn't hold some kind of support/audience will fold.
None of this is any help whatsoever!

Eddie