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All of those things could be provided more efficiently by clubs.
I dunno about that. I'm a big fan of clubs ... currently belong to two active ones, and have been a member of others in the past. Clubs tend to run off the volunteer effort of maybe 5% of their members ... everyone else just joins and participates. Clubs tend to work better, and provide more services, when some of their members offer services that the other members want to buy. We have charter operators, dive shop employees/owners, even some equipment manufacturers in our clubs. Because of the face time they get with divers through club interaction, people tend to give them business ... and it's generally a win-win arrangement. But those services/products are offered outside the auspices of the club itself.
There was a club here in the Seattle area that had a compressor, and offered fills to their members. They ultimately shut it down over liability concerns. Liability insurance is expensive ... and most clubs simply can't afford it.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)