I became a local club level TD so I could run rated tornaments, 30 years ago, it was no big deal. I ran a club at the local college called The Mystic Knights Of The Sea and had tourneys called Knights Of the Living Dead, etc...it was great.
By the way you suck.
I am considering starting a local, rated club in my town since the nearest chess location is almost 2 hours away. I understand you need to register your club with the USCF each year with a fee and then you also need to become a certified tournament director through USCF to host tournaments. Has anyone else gone through this process and found success? There is a large college in our community which I think could help bring in a good number of players.