as stated and this will keep goin around and around .....
create a meetup event, with a meet point and time/date and thing to do, hang, chat, cruise, what ever. . .
get enough feedback, carry on with the event, pretty simple thing to do actually.
you seem to have a negative attitude towards the way this club runs Alex.
I was a new member once, i just rocked up to an event one day and introduced myself, had a good time on the cruise, made some great friends too, it aint that hard.