Spamcan, I offered my experience simply as an explanation for voting no, and because you asked an interesting question which I thought deserved a bit more detail.
I tried to be fair - and I recognise that things can change a lot in 20 years. I've seen suggestions that the Guild is involved in contributing professionally these days but, if I'm honest, I saw little evidence of this when I mixed is such circles a few years ago. It's a shame really because, although I try to stay open-minded, my earlier experience still comes to mind after all this time.