HST
True, margins must have been tight, but surely thats the nature of a not for profit members club.
The demise is down to a combination of incompetence and possibly dishonesty, and you can hardly blame the members for wanting to expose dishonesty. The speculation could all have been avoided if the committee(s) had been open and allowed the membership to know what was going on, but they did not. Lack of information inevitably arouses suspicion.
Finally I was one of the few who answered the call and put hope above expectation. Were you??