Actually I wish Clubs came 10 years ago - because then we had a lot of activity, and two or three specific topics (Stoves and Hiking with Lightpacking and hikinggroups for specific towns) could have been really succesful with Clubs. Then I had a few active users that could have been leaders in such Clubs, but now a days they have all gone to fb, and people does not see any need of clubs.
It is kind of sad. It's like kicking a dead horse.
BTW: It is symptomatic that if there is less activity in a topic, members advice other members to fb groups - a turn-off for most of us, but thats reality of todays social media.