This is to be expected - it's what happens when there's change and uncertainty around. It'll take a week or two to settle down. That's okay.
Separately, we've got a conflict between a collaborative club where members are working together to build a fund and a free market where anyone can do what's permissable, including acting in their own interest rather than the community interest. We need to think about what kind of club we want to be - perhaps it is members-only, for example.
As far as I know at the moment, Ned Scott moving on and a new owner, who is interested, coming in is going to a better arrangement long-term.