My 2c...
I am going to make it short
I think that the relaxed atmosphere and flow in/flow out attitude of these forums is great, and is something that will be lost with a more structured entity like RCCA. I think this forum has moved on from the yahoo site in leaps and bounds, and has solved a lot of fundamental problems that people disliked about that group.
With this site, there are various users... people who like to just read and partake on certain topics, and others who like to go on social events and then you more enthusiast type members who hang out for track days. This forum accommodates all of them and those who want a CAMS license as mentioned before generally already have one.
I think that mashing the two different demographics of the RCCA and OzRenaultSport together will result in certain disharmony. Although we all have a primary interest of Renaults, we generally like to do different things with our cars and use them differently.
Its great the RCCA has shirts, and can be recognized as a group in that way. i sure wouldn’t buy one and certainly wouldn’t wear one to a drive day. I think having 10+ Renaults parked together is a strong enough representation of Renault enthusiast associating together. Things like this are where I think we may not see eye-to-eye.
Does OzRenaultSport really need to grow beyond a gallery and a informative web page? I think it is a great resource for what it has intended to set out and achieve. If money is the problem there is no reasons why sponsors cant be obtained here too. With regards to people tipping in money to maintain the site, how do we know who has put in X amount of money? We wont… I know I won’t go gloating about how I have put in $20(for example) and I can’t imagine others doing it too.