There's a small server that has some light mods including clans. If you gather up together, you could very well likely get a good foothold. You can vote for the server to get resources - you get 5k metal and 5k stone each - you could get 25,000 in a single day.

Connect and vote here:

http://rust-servers.net/server/76961/ and http://toprustservers.com/vote/18964