<CORSA Chapters> Membership, dues and such

Fri Mar 14 07:44:12 EDT 2008

I thought this discussion was over? Most of the clubs it appears to me
are not interested in forced mandatory membership! 

There are a couple points missed that may apply to the other clubs. With
about 60 in our club and 16 being a typical meeting there are a lot of
members that will stay local members for $10 email dues a year. Many, of
them are not Corsa members and if forced they would probably drop out
and the club loose their financial support and their occasional
attendance. Usually they attend at one or more of our events which is
another big aspect we are missing. Having everyone's support for events
helps make the clubs successful. Many dont want to spend an afternoon
every month socializing. Another point as fuel costs go up the distance
to the meetings is going to become even more of an issue. To Bob M's
point :it costs me $25 + for gas to drive to and from my meeting. I
didn't miss any last year nor this year yet. That adds up.  Now being
the Pres. I have more than a little incentive to be there but the non
officer member has only his relationship with his friends in the club as
motivation and I guarantee at $25 for gas 3/4 of the club would not be
driving to many meetings it they were as far away as me. Still they have
told us they love the newsletter. We are trying to get those that
dropped out of Corsa or never joined back to Corsa but they indicate
being a local member is all they are interested in if you can get them
to talk about it. Many have maybe one running car if that, Corvairs are
no longer one of the focus's of their life any longer (hard to
believe!), but they still want to be part of the antique classic car
hobby..  

There were other suggestions for getting potential members to join,
mandatory requirements are not one of them.

Sincerely, 

Bob King

-----Original Message-----
From: chapters-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:chapters-bounces at corvair.org]
On Behalf Of Steve Goodman
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 12:21 AM
To: tim mahler; CORSA Chapters; Robert Marlow - Vairtec
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Membership, dues and such

Hello all:  I have been one who wanted all CORSA members to be mandatory
members of a local club with the reservation that it is in the zipcode
area.
As an example it would be tough to expect someone who lives in
Scottsbluff, Nebraska to be a mandatory member of Rocky Mountain Corsa
in Denver, Colo.
On the other hand, there are CORSA members in the front range area who
are not RMC members.  Since the bottom line here is "money" it is
advantageous to RMC to be able to collect as well as CORSA.

I realize the word 'mandatory' is foul to some and I understand, owning
my own business makes me particulary subject to all kinds of mandatory
rules etc.  At the same time, the mandatory membership in CORSA was done
a bunch of years ago and after the same initial fight was accepted.
Then a change in insurance carriers did away with it until now.  At
least that is how my memory serves me.

I also realize that a mandatory membership either way is certain to
drive some completely away from either CORSA or the local club and that
isn't acceptable either.  It is difficult to find middle ground and I
personally have no answer.  I keep thinking that someone out there will
figure it out but so far it hasn't happened.

Best regards, Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Marlow - Vairtec <Vairtec at optonline.net>
To: tim mahler <flat6vair at insightbb.com>; CORSA Chapters
<chapters at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Membership, dues and such

> tim mahler wrote:
>
> >The easy one,  some CORSA members are a long way from a local 
> >chapter, so
it
> >is hard to require local membership.
>
> I now reply:
>
> While I am not necessarily advocating that we make the switch to 
> mandating CORSA membership for all chapter members, if we were to do 
> such a thing I think it makes sense to require the reciprocal, too -- 
> that all CORSA members belong to a chapter.
>
> In the case where the CORSA member lives a loong way from the nearest 
> chapter -- and this can be hundreds of miles -- it still will prove 
> worthwhile to that individual.  Through the membership in the local 
> chapter, that individual will learn of other CORSA members in his 
> region, maybe in his area, maybe in his neighborhood.  He will learn 
> of club activities nearer to him than the nominal chapter address.  
> Both the individual and the chapter will benefit.
>
> But, as I said up front, I am not necessarily endorsing such a change.

> It would be a fundamental shift in the way that our hobby has done 
> business. Would the benefits outweigh the detriments?
>
> --Bob
>
> Robert W Marlow
> Vairtec at optonline.net
>
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