"Wonder what the loss of 500+ members would do for the "Main Clubs" situation."

I would imagine that those who were CC & GTCC members before this action, would chose to remain CC & GTCC member after. I question your statistic of losing "500 members".

Are you saying that every member of the Silver Strikes Chapter are currently CC & GTCC members and that they are now going to renounce their individual memberships? I don't think so...