I am still of the opinion that this forum and the fact that it is an active club forum attracts new members. I found the club, myself, while surfing around RC. For that I think the RC forum is very valuable. It lets new and prospective members know what is going on in the club and gives them a place to get to know us (sort of)
In addition I think we need to have a place where members can post info; For example if we want to lan a frag swap it would be helpful to have a members only forum to list available corals.