Not again.
Just do what the No Gruppe Gruppe does. We meet every month on the second Saturday, even in the Winter. We plan drives. We meet each other casually. We work on each other's cars. We actually do more than most clubs, but we aren't official. It is all about the driving!
I am all for the R Gruppe. They want to keep the gruppe small, and I can't fault them for that. If you think that is just elitist, then you got your own hang-ups. I think they are generally misunderstood, and people who have a problem with it, just need to get a life of there own and stop hating just because they aren't part of something.