Which is not unreasonable at all. Which, IMO, if you are going to have a club meet at a shop, you should pay the shop a fee, and let people buy from where they wish.
I was one of 3 guys who started the Dallas club in the mid 90s. It lasted about 10 years, thru several bars and tobak shops until we got removed from one for not spending enough money. It never found a good place to meet and dissolved. Some of its members heading to the North Texas Pipe Club...