Reply by Dan Lyke

The most rewarding groups I’ve been involved with have all formed around a core group of people (perhaps 2) who said “we’re going to be at this place at this time, you’re welcome to join us”, and showed up consistently to help form a social group.

For woodworking, I’d find a few people who’d like to show off their shops, probably in the context of something they’ve built recently, and put out a general invitation to show up and talk about that project.

Do that a few times and hopefully you’ll have the critical mass for your club.

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke