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Very excited to see this. Fills a void that I currently was struggling to fill. 

I knew there would be new developments in 4.2, but I never anticipated that something like this would come about which fits so precisely - PRECISELY with what I have wanted for tutoring clients - spaces which constellate all the other apps and that can be custom-tailored for my clients with complete control over visibility and privacy.
Obviously the product of a lot of work and consideration, and I am truly looking forward to using this on my site.  Awesome!
 

My first task will be to set up virtual spaces for my paying tutor clients I can discuss their projects with them in forums topics, aid them in research by contributing to their media gallery, allow them to use a blog to track their own insights, etc.  With Clubs (well, "Spaces") they can let others join to collaborate if that's what the project calls for (although essay writing and critical argument building will probably be 1 on 1).
I can't tell you how excited I am to see Clubs, as up until now my clients had their own password-protected forum - some not visible, others visible - and blogs where desired, which is not nearly as graceful and professional a solution as Clubs.
After that, I want to organise groups around literature and philosophy (British/Australian/Canadian/Etc lit., Romanticism, Speculative Realism, German Idealism etc etc) and then promote like hell once I have the time!
 
Oh...there will also at some point be a Club dedicated to the Zombie Apocalypse.  But I expect it'll be pretty dead in there ZING

My first task will be to set up virtual spaces for my paying tutor clients I can discuss their projects with them in forums topics, aid them in research by contributing to their media gallery, allow them to use a blog to track their own insights, etc.  With Clubs (well, "Spaces") they can let others join to collaborate if that's what the project calls for (although essay writing and critical argument building will probably be 1 on 1).
I can't tell you how excited I am to see Clubs, as up until now my clients had their own password-protected forum - some not visible, others visible - and blogs where desired, which is not nearly as graceful and professional a solution as Clubs.
After that, I want to organise groups around literature and philosophy (British/Australian/Canadian/Etc lit., Romanticism, Speculative Realism, German Idealism etc etc) and then promote like hell once I have the time!
 
Oh...there will also at some point be a Club dedicated to the Zombie Apocalypse.  But I expect it'll be pretty dead in there ZING

My first task will be to set up virtual spaces for my paying tutor clients I can discuss their projects with them in forums topics, aid them in research by contributing to their media gallery, allow them to use a blog to track their own insights, etc.  With Clubs (well, "Spaces") they can let others join to collaborate if that's what the project calls for (although essay writing and critical argument building will probably be 1 on 1).
I can't tell you how excited I am to see Clubs, as up until now my clients had their own password-protected forum - some not visible, others visible - and blogs where desired, which is not nearly as graceful and professional a solution as Clubs.
After that, I want to organise groups around literature and philosophy (British/Australian/Canadian/Etc lit., Romanticism, Speculative Realism, German Idealism etc etc) and then promote like hell once I have the time!
 
Oh...there will also at some point be a Club dedicated to the Zombie Apocalypse.  But I expect it'll be pretty dead in there ZING

So what do you think your members will use Clubs for? Some of my members like to discuss favourite TV shows in a single long running topic, so I think they may like to set up say a Walking Dead Club. I could then move all of the existing Walking Dead topics into it, to get things started.
I can see how some might be confused with the concept. I always imagined social groups would be used on my main community for say a group of members who work on special projects like writing Virtual Seasons or or other creative projects like putting on some community event like at Halloween. Without a 'wall' as such, it makes me think Clubs are a bit like a group Blog (but with topics and Gallery images if you have those modules) or possibly a dedicated hidden team forum for specific members to view it, but Clubs seem a much better implementation.  

Can I move all members of group A to club A? As of now we have group functionality but it would be very nice to have some kind of cross moving of members from groups to club directly through ACP. - Thanks

Agree.  I have groups and corresponding forums now for admins/moderators and committees who run the competitions.  It would be nice to be able to move them into clubs easily...
Since my site is already dedicated to a club, I've just proposed creating local geographic chapters -- and am soliciting feedback on that idea....

The concept of these social groups has been around for ages, e.g. in vBulletin and people asked for a native IPS implementation for ages. IPS is just fulfilling that wish, not copying what this third party app “invented”. 
Personally, I have been waiting for a native social groups feature. I would hate if IPS would not implement such a feature just because something similar is available from a third party vendor already. That shouldn’t be their concern. 
 
It’s a core feature, so you don’t pay extra for it. What is available within the clubs (gallery, forums, blogs …) depends on whether you have these apps installed. 

I knew there would be new developments in 4.2, but I never anticipated that something like this would come about which fits so precisely - PRECISELY with what I have wanted for tutoring clients - spaces which constellate all the other apps and that can be custom-tailored for my clients with complete control over visibility and privacy.
Obviously the product of a lot of work and consideration, and I am truly looking forward to using this on my site.  Awesome!
 

I knew there would be new developments in 4.2, but I never anticipated that something like this would come about which fits so precisely - PRECISELY with what I have wanted for tutoring clients - spaces which constellate all the other apps and that can be custom-tailored for my clients with complete control over visibility and privacy.
Obviously the product of a lot of work and consideration, and I am truly looking forward to using this on my site.  Awesome!
 

Outstanding.
Possibilities = Endless.

I knew there would be new developments in 4.2, but I never anticipated that something like this would come about which fits so precisely - PRECISELY with what I have wanted for tutoring clients - spaces which constellate all the other apps and that can be custom-tailored for my clients with complete control over visibility and privacy.
Obviously the product of a lot of work and consideration, and I am truly looking forward to using this on my site.  Awesome!
 

I knew there would be new developments in 4.2, but I never anticipated that something like this would come about which fits so precisely - PRECISELY with what I have wanted for tutoring clients - spaces which constellate all the other apps and that can be custom-tailored for my clients with complete control over visibility and privacy.
Obviously the product of a lot of work and consideration, and I am truly looking forward to using this on my site.  Awesome!
 

I knew there would be new developments in 4.2, but I never anticipated that something like this would come about which fits so precisely - PRECISELY with what I have wanted for tutoring clients - spaces which constellate all the other apps and that can be custom-tailored for my clients with complete control over visibility and privacy.
Obviously the product of a lot of work and consideration, and I am truly looking forward to using this on my site.  Awesome!
 

I knew there would be new developments in 4.2, but I never anticipated that something like this would come about which fits so precisely - PRECISELY with what I have wanted for tutoring clients - spaces which constellate all the other apps and that can be custom-tailored for my clients with complete control over visibility and privacy.
Obviously the product of a lot of work and consideration, and I am truly looking forward to using this on my site.  Awesome!
 

I knew there would be new developments in 4.2, but I never anticipated that something like this would come about which fits so precisely - PRECISELY with what I have wanted for tutoring clients - spaces which constellate all the other apps and that can be custom-tailored for my clients with complete control over visibility and privacy.
Obviously the product of a lot of work and consideration, and I am truly looking forward to using this on my site.  Awesome!
 

I love this ?

A "premium" Club where you have to pay for access is an interesting idea  

What a superb implementation of social groups. Clearly a lot of thought has gone into this. You promised member engagement and you are delivering. Nice work IPS, it looks great!

We've still got some great stuff to announce, but Clubs is definitely my favourite 4.2 feature - glad you like it too  

Amazing. Im proud to trust this company to run my community

Yes  

This is ... astounding. I can't imagine what you'll come up with next to trump these last two announcements!

This is an epic add. Wow.