Equipment aside, while many clubs are open to new members, not many stay if there is strife or drama.
They generally are interested and want to learn more.
In house politics is a touchy situation.
And bickering, or trashing someone else is not congenial to a club function.
The meetings are there to bring all its members up to date on activities and conditions and to vote on matters as needed whether approved or vetoed.
Decisions cannot just favor a few at the expense of the rest, that fosters division and rapidly deteriorates things.
Rules for the club must be followed by all and no one is exempt from them or the concequences for breaking them.
( that is one topic ive seen way too often)
Holding office is not about power ( as many people tend to think it is)
Holding office is about stepping up to the responsibility of the office and all the duty it entails.
Quite often its a thankless task, and you put a target on you back for all the mud others will fling at you.

Anyway im sorry if i sounded preachy
But what causes the clubs and organizations to fail tends to sour an attitude a bit.