I'm only talking about the local in Shreveport. It was not good for me. If you were a symphony musician or a buddy of the "board", it was different. I was new in town and really not welcome.
I went to every meeting while I was a member and knew many of the members. The president was a trumpet player with the symphony, and he thought I was putting other members out of work because I worked as a single.
Shouldn't quit a year sooner.