Interesting dilema for the club. I guess like many others, I didn't just walk in and become a member at WW but sort of "transitioned" over a period of time:
1) Flew in once and liked what I saw
2) Live fairly locally, so popped in once or twice for a superb sunset beer
3) Flew in again
4) Fancied advancing my skills (IMC) so finally joined
the above perhaps over a period of two years.
Have now been a member for a couple of years and can't think of many better places in the SE to fly (Compton and Andrewsfield perhaps being comparable in terms of club atmosphere/facilities?).
Vino, the "public" can simply sit in their cars on the bit of grass next to the members carpark and view, but appreciate it is not the same as popping in for a pint of Marlow bitter