It is a dilemma for the local clubs to deal with... and since the local clubs are made up of people who just wanna race, it doesn't matter what the head office in far-off Topeka wants to do with rally.
For Oregon Region, we've worked hard to integrate our programs into a club for people who like motorsports. We are a group of people who like doing things with our cars, whether it's road racing, Solo, autocross, rallycross, TSD, stage rallying, whatever. Often, you'll find rally people working races, and race people working (or competing) in rallies. We've all tried to "get along", because we're all the same type of breed: people who like cars and competing in cars and working events for people competing in cars.
Yes, the loss of rally from on high is going to require some thought as to how we can continue to have a rally program for the hordes of people interested in rally. But I don't necessarily think that we (the rally portion of our club) need to peel off and ditch the rest of the community because of SCCA head office's actions. It would undermine all the good relationships we've managed to grow over time.
As far as equipment, money, etc. goes: depending on how good of terms you are on with the rest of your club, you could rent the equipment, buy the equipment, ask for seed money, or just start fresh with new money. I'm just a worker bee here in Oregon Region, my brother Matt and sister-in-law Monika are the ones most closely involved with the region's board and know the most about the state of these things.
Anyway, I guess where I'm going with this is: well, I'm not sure where I'm going with this. Maybe all I wanted to say was that it would be foolhardy to up and ditch the local club 100% after all everyone has done to become One Local Club for all racers. Maybe the point I was trying to make was that I don't feel the need to turn my back on my racing buddies because some jerks in Topeka decided to dump the rally community (repeat after me: You can't dump me, I dump you first!

Ha ha!) and that there's no reason to think that these people have changed overnight into The Enemy because they're still stuck with SCCA.
Yeah, some people have had bad problems with SCCA. And I say to them, if you've found a good alternative, good on ya. But wow, look how much class you DON'T show by bad mouthing SCCA. Just my opinion.