Why not ask "10-Tenths" if they are prepared to host the clubmans forum, as a private forum, as part of their site. It what SR & GT, 360MRC and CSCC do. I arranged for the latter.

You get the benefit of them running things professionally & you can dictate who joins the forum or doesn't. For eg, I administer all the CSCC forum admissions & the club decided that it would remain a members only board. 10-Tenths are keen to encourage the use of their general forums and will sometimes agree to host a club forum for free, if they think that they will attract a number of new members to the rest of their site.

General discussion about clubmans racing can still be stimulated on the normal elemants of the 10-Tenths forums such as under, "national and club" or Historic or sportscar & GT etc, as relevant. This is where newcomers can be pointed to, to ask for info & its where your own members can pop up & contribute to in order to market the club with contributions that are, shall we say, less controversial than those that may appear on the club only bit.

Thanks for the constructive suggestion Andy.
Please add your e mail address......I'd hate to delete your contribution.