<CORSA Chapters> Sharing Chapter Members

[Christy Miller]

Happy New Year from the (very) rainy Pacific Northwest!

 

Corvairs Northwest annual dues are $20 US. We have 103 family members and we
mail 12 issues of our full-color newsletter to all members, plus 17
newsletters are mailed in exchange (both in the US and Canada.) Our dues
just cover this expense so we raise additional funds throughout the year to
cover everything else. 

 

One of our neighbor clubs, the Cascade Corvair Nuts, charges $13 and their
newsletter is only sent via email in .pdf format.

 

We don't find that people have any heartache with the dues. In fact, they
often times comment on the economy of the thing as they actually do receive
12 color newsletters annually and we have activities almost every month. 

 

We're able to do this because we purchased a color ink jet printer that can
handle large paper (11 x 17 inches) so we do the printing ourselves. We mail
in a large envelope (10 x 12 inches) so it doesn't get munched in the mail.
The printing is a big, thankless job - until we receive the feedback. 

 

Aside from our members and activities, the newsletter has been our single
biggest membership recruitment and retention tool. We find that many members
stick with us even when they're not able to actively participate because of
the newsletter. It keeps them in the loop and they feel as thought they're
still part of the group when other things have kept them away. It is
especially useful with our retirees who fly south for the winter.

 

Our membership spans the states and provinces of Washington, British
Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.

 

We tend to put on the dog when we do events such as econo-runs, car shows
and tune-up days, so these events are not money makers. How we fund things
is through 50-50 raffles, selling car parts and merchandise, and through
in-kind and cash donations. Our bank account is healthy and we're happy with
our finances. We've been in solid enough straights to be able to make
donations to CORSA-sponsored causes for the past few years. 

 

There you have it - far more than you asked for. Please let me know if you
have any questions.

 

Christy

 

Editor of the award-winning Vair-iety

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: chapters-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:chapters-bounces at corvair.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Simpson
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 7:45 PM
To: Steve Goodman; Jerry Brown; tim mahler; CORSA Chapters
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Sharing Chapter Members

 

Group Corvair (Washington DC & suburbs) charges $12/year.  We send 

over half our newsletters out via e-mail.  We've also been one of the 

sponsoring clubs for both a national and a regional CORSA convention 

and made money at that.  While we've donated a lot of the profits to 

CORSA, our treasury seems to be doing fine.

 

Our biggest problem is finding new members to replace those that 

retire and leave the area.

 

Jim Simpson

Treasurer, Group Corvair

 

At 10:25 PM 1/1/2007, Steve Goodman wrote:

>Hello all:  Just a quick note, I belong to RMC and PPCC.  The dues barely

>cover the printing of the newsletter so the idea of 'sharing members', even

>though it is good and probably works for some clubs; wouldn't work here.  I

>guess that is a bad choice of words, how about if I say it wouldn't change

>anything.

>

>Let me ask this question and hopefully it won't generate a lengthy thread:

>how much are local dues these days around the country?  RMC=

>$22-----PPCC=$20

>

>Happy New Year to you all, Steve

>

>----- Original Message -----

>From: Jerry Brown <air_cooled63 at yahoo.com>

>To: tim mahler <flat6vair at insightbb.com>; CORSA Chapters

><chapters at corvair.org>

>Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:10 PM

>Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Sharing Chapter Members

>

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