WGT knows about the issue when CC are transferred.
The workaround seems complicated, but it just requires steps to be taken in the proper order:
As a club owner, find a CC member who will cooperate.
1. transfer the club to that person and have them verify that they have accepted - it can only be done via a confirming email link. Be sure they have it.
2. Have them toss you from the club and re-invite you back, thus resetting your status to new member. First, make sure you ARE back and can access forums - okay done?
3. Now the member must transfer the club back to you, and you must use the email link to accept the club.
4. Now you must also boot that member and re-invite THEM back because when they transferred membership back to you, THEY lost forums also!
5. Lastly, once they're back in the club, they will be treated as a new member and have forums again.
The only thing lost in all this is that the order of membership (by date) will have have been altered - no big deal.