<CORSA Chapters> Club policy about CORSA

[Harry Jensen]

Hiya--

Yes, there are other chapters who require CORSA membership. As Bill has 
said, Tidewater does. So does your neighbor to the north: CORSA/N.C. Cactus 
Corvair Club requires CORSA membership and I think Silicon Valley CORSA 
does (although they have some non-CORSA members grand-fathered in), Rocky 
Mountain CORSA does, and some more.

There are also some chapters who charge the non-CORSA members a higher dues 
rate than the CORSA members, in part because they receive benefits from 
CORSA such as insurance.

I think CORSA is unique in allowing its chapters to make the decision 
themselves. I think most other national organizations require chapter 
members to be national members. There are some organizations which require 
local membership when they join the national (SCCA).

--H



At 10:19 AM 11/30/2005, BEllison at bbafiberweb.com wrote:
>Is there ANYONE out there with a policy/by-law like ours?  It would be
>interesting for me to share with our board how many chapters are represented
>by this list.  Even though the list names are closed, would the list
>administrator care to share just a number of chapters currently represented?
>
>It's hard to argue with numbers.  If we're in an extremely tiny minority,
>(maybe only chapter?) and we refuse members due to our by-laws, I'm more
>than willing to take those arguments to our board.
>
>I think the communiqué is great, and I attend the nationals when I can.  As
>long as I'm into Corvairs, I'll probably be in CORSA.  As long as I'm in
>Corsa SC, I will encourage others to join CORSA, but I can't support it
>being mandatory.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Barry Ellison
>Corsa SC 2005 President
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brown, David [mailto:David.Brown at bsci.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:33 AM
> > To: BEllison at bbafiberweb.com; chapters at corvair.org
> > Subject: RE: <CORSA Chapters> Club policy about CORSA
> >
> > Barry,
> >
> > We have nothing in our by-laws regarding this.  Although I would not
> > consider not being a CORSA member, we have some very good & helpful
> > Corvair folks in our club who are not members.  Most have made it clear,
> > for whatever reasons (some won't give a reason) that they do not want to
> > join.  Some have been members in the past, but did not renew.  I brought
> > up the idea of mandatory membership to our board several years ago & was
> > soundly rebuffed.  This is including the fact that all of the board are
> > CORSA members.  We use a little peer pressure for those who are not,
> > until they join.  We don't have a large club (about 65 members) of which
> > there are only about 6 to 10 of a core group of about 20 who can be
> > counted on to help out or participate in club functions routinely.  We
> > don't want to promote any situation that would eliminate members, and
> > like most clubs, are constantly supporting avenues that help attract new
> > members.  That being said, we manage to have about 3/4 of our membership
> > enrolled in CORSA.  We do promote it at club meetings & our newsletter,
> > but failing that, we don't see fit to force anyone to join.
> >
> > Dave
> > Corvair Houston, President
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: chapters-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:chapters-bounces at corvair.org]
> > On Behalf Of BEllison at bbafiberweb.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:20 AM
> > To: chapters at corvair.org
> > Subject: <CORSA Chapters> Club policy about CORSA
> >
> > Hey Guys - just joined, but mainly for a particular question that's
> > splintering Corsa SC.  This is the perfect group to ask, w/o causing
> > havoc on Virtual Vairs.  I do NOT want to start an argument on ANY
> > forum.
> >
> > Background: I'm current President of Corsa SC, and will continue to be
> > on the board for 2 more years as a Member at Large.
> >
> > Several years ago, Corsa SC amended the by-laws to require club members,
> > after one year membership to also be a member of CORSA.  There were a
> > few members in good standing that refused so they were "grandfathered"
> > into Corsa SC.  There's one left and he pays an extra $10/year which we
> > forward on to CORSA.  It gets too complicated to explain in email all
> > the intricacies of the amendment, but you get the idea.  Basically, if I
> > dropped out of Corsa, I would not be allowed to participate with Corsa
> > SC.  (Not that I personally ever would - wonderful people, and w/o
> > CORSA, the Corvair probably won't exist in it's fullness after 10-20
> > years)
> >
> > Main question: how many of the other clubs have a similar policy/by-law?
> >
> > Our goals and our by-laws seem to conflict.
> >
> > We've had the suggestion of having anyone that refuses to join CORSA,
> > pay an extra $10 which we send to CORSA.  That seems a viable
> > alternative.
> >
> > This year, due to a prospective new member wanting to participate in
> > events with our club, but refusing to join CORSA, we sent his check
> > back.  I, and several members of our club, think this is wrong.  We're
> > discouraging this fellow Corvair owner from driving his car with other
> > people with like minds and interests.
> >
> > We've had several new members join this year, also.  Time will tell if
> > they will join CORSA.  If they refuse, we'll lose several members.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong - loosing a few members wouldn't hurt our club
> > immensely.
> > We're having almost 40 people show up for a dinner meeting practically
> > every month.
> >
> > The 2006 board will have no problem voting this policy down, which will
> > put it before the membership.  I suspect the membership would also vote
> > it down, but not 100% sure.  But then again, they voted it in.
> >
> > Funny how things change, eh?
> >
> > Thanks for you time and thoughts,
> >
> > Barry Ellison
> > CORSA SC 2005 President
> > 65 Black Corsa 140/4 Coupe - driven to work today, now that I've got the
> > heater working.
> > 65 Red Monza 140/4 Vert
> > 61 White Wagon - next project
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