Seeing as I've been vocal on this topic before, I'll add my bit here. My intention in the past was to stir a bit (although not in a malicious sense) in an attempt to get some sort of a feel for the club - some of the questions I asked are still unanswered, but thats fine too.
Having spent some time with MCSA members and even attending a \"Kamp staaldraad\"

, I think as a rule the people are all very nice, often awe inspiring in terms of their knowledge, easy to get along with and helpful.
As in life and every group / club / society, there are members who should rather not have gotten membership - natural de-selection is not what it used to be. Unfortunately, these individuals also tend to attract 100x more attention of the other members, causing the group to get a bad reputation. This makes the group / club involved an easy target for it's detractors, causing a lob-sided impression of said group / club to an outsider. As an example, good current real-life examples include the f-wits who made the UFS video and 8a posting on this site.
I'd say it's worth it. As far as I'm concerned, the MCSA members giving the bad impressions are lone rangers, as for the detractors, to each his own - show me your efforts towards preserving the environment. The joining process is as tedious as you decide to perceive it - it can be \"forced\" time spent somewhere, or an enjoyable outing to somewhere you possible did not even know of before.