Well, it's good discussion friend. I know most of us believe that there should not be any rules, in this type of platform. But I have a different feeling about this.

As I can remember it was around 2 years ago, that this initiative was taken by the team. It was when Steem price is reducing. So, I think they tried to limit the withdrawal to some extent, to control the prices (IDK about the technical aspect here in depth) to some extent, and as well as to make some self sufficient communities. At that time Steemit team prioritize people with Clubs, and we as Steem Curators decided the Voting percentage based on the clubs. At that time, mostly including in a club is a must to join a contest. But even we had choices, I was mostly in #club5050, so I could withdraw something to my personal use.

But as you see, now joining a club is not an essential thing in anywhere I guess. Steemit team has lifted it and I really appreciated that in the Bull Market. So, people can have a more advantage.

About the people imposing rules, without following them is somewhat unethical, maybe they don't know that they are in the clubs.

Let me tell you the most important thing! @steem-sri.lanka is one of the oldest and powerful communities. There are very few people, and we all have started from the bottom without investment. But around 2020, we understood the value of powering up on our own, and the importance of having a self-sufficient community account. I can remember how we celebrated each and every 5K milestone in our TG group. Due to that we can guarantee $2/ $3 votes even without the team. So, what if we all withdraw our Steem?

So, the way I see is we should be able to do a commitment that is necessary ,to have something in return. So, #club500 is not a big issue for me, but if the rule was adjusted to users who have a financial issues, or emergency, that would have been perefct.

PS: Transfer rewards as Steem Power, so it doesn't affect your club Status.

Best Regards!