Club Activity? What keeps you from it?

So this is a hot take and I don't mean any disrespect but here it is:

I think club inactivity is a little deeper than players realize. I think with EV having a poor economy, the same contests with prizes that don't really switch or change, and Abbey being MIA for what feels like forever, a lot of players have just left or become inactive. I think if the game switched things up a bit (for example: back when I first joined the snowball fight have multiple categories which if you won, you got 500k and 10 EVC, we had an advent calendar, etc). Now I feel like it's the same thing with the event shops. I'm not trying to complain because I appreciate everything that River and the other admins have done but personally, the game feels a bit stagnant and I think a lot of players are losing interest. It's also hard for new players to save money and make money, and I feel like that drives them away off the bat. 

I agree on many of those points, which is why I am exciting for all the new things that will be implemented into the game this year! I am hoping it helps things pick up! 

Thank you for the reminders to set things up, It's hard to be regular with newsletters and contests with so many things going on in life. 
I personally have very little time right now and never have horses unlocked for contests, someday we'll get back to it. I like the contests where horses are given out too though. It's easy to toss that one in the outside division. I know some people hate having extra horses so those can also be hit or miss.
I do try to vote whenever a voting notification goes out, those are very helpful!
As to Member incentives I'll be honest and say that I don't really need the money for reaching goals so I never claim them, but if there were achievements with some little badges..... I'm a sucker xD

It is the first time that I have heard about member incetives, but it sounds great! For some time I've been the member of some of the TB clubs, and I always tried to participate in contests and votings. For me it's a great pain that as I start to grow attached to a particular club, after some months the owner disappears or goes to hiatus and the club life just dies. That's way now I register but then don't bother to actively follow up with club life.

Olivia - I am still an admin on the Jockey Club, and try to make contests, but as admin I can only do so much. I haven't heard from the owner in at least a year...so not sure what they are and aren't okay with. 

Personally, a lot of the time I just don't have the right horses unlocked/signed up for the club of the contest and I get lazy. Sometimes I just don't have a horse that fits the description of the contest, either. I try to enter when possible, though. As for voting, because theres no notifications unless a newsletter is sent out, I often forget that there even was a contest to begin with and I forget to vote lol