Henry,
I'll keep this polite and brief. Inviting a Director of an established CC to your club, and also expecting your friend invite to be accepted beggars belief! If you want to make yourself worthy of my "friendship", don't random invite me to become your friend. By all means, you can invite me for a game of golf on one of the wonderful courses we have here, and thereby earn the right to friendship.
With tongue firmly in cheek, I'll play at my discretion, as I'm currently quite busy controlling the financial affairs of several countries. You can read about that on my CV. Thank you.