I never belonged to a club of the traditional sense. But, back in the 80's, I met a couple of fellows at the MRR shop. They invited me to their home layouts. In turn, I invited them the following Saturday to my layout. We got along well and had a lot of fun, so we made it a regular meet. Almost every Saturday, we met at someone's house in rotation. We ran operations, did some building, watched videos, railfanning, went to shows & open houses, etc. Another guy joined our "club" and we did this for almost a year. Since then, 2 have passed and the other moved to North Carolina. I still keep in touch with him and the highlight of the conversation is always about the fun we had with our "club".