<CORSA Chapters> Membership, dues and such

Fri Mar 14 10:26:45 EDT 2008

Gary, you remind of something no one has mentioned, and I do so only from
rumors I head years ago.  Hope it's not a faux pax.

I heard Nader's Raiders want nothing to do with CORSA?  Is that true?  If
so, why not?  I couldn't name them by name, but don't they come to Helen?
Used to help run the show there?  Anybody got any true facts?  Wonder what
went wrong.

"Just the facts ma'am" - not looking to stir up old wounds.

Anybody on this particular list know?  Feel free to let me know off list.

Barry

> Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Membership, dues and such
> 
> OK.......
> Last meeting of the NFCC we did a little poll.
> 9 members present, 5 Corsa members, 4 that are not.
> We have no idea in truth how many of our total members are actually Corsa
> members.
> By the way, our President is not.
> 
> Our discussion did turn to a "what if" situation.
> I beleive the NFCC would end up separating itself from CORSA if it became
> mandatory.
> 
> If we did separate the insurance would most likely cost us members due to
> an increase in our dues. If Corsa membership became mandatory, it would
> also cost us members.
> As a lot of the Chapters we are small........
> If Corsa makes membership mandatory, it most likely will be our demise as
> a
> chapter one way or the other.
> 
> I wonder, if the topic of leaving CORSA has come up with any other club?
> 
> Gary Swiatowy
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From:  aeroned at aol.com
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:39:08 -0400
> To: chapters at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Membership, dues and such
> 
> 
> 
> I'll start out saying that I support the notion that all CORSA chapter
> members should be required to be members of CORSA. There are many reasons
> I
> feel this way. CORSA provides the local chapter with insurance for their
> activities. Granted, there may not be many, if any, claims on this
> insurance over the years, but it is still there. Let's say a non-CORSA
> member were to file a claim against this insurance because of something
> that happened at a local activity, is that fair? What if a chapter had
> just
> a handful of CORSA members, should they still be considered a CORSA
> chapter?
> 
> Now that I've said that, I'll also tell you that my local chapter does not
> require CORSA membership. This goes to the fact that "it's always been
> that
> way." I figure that Corvair owners are just too independent. I don't limit
> my interaction with the non CORSA members, that is just too silly. I use
> every opportunity to point out interesting articles in the Communique or
> how much fun CORSA events are in an effort to get others interested in
> joining. It has worked for some, but not all, but I'm still trying.
> 
> The other chapter that I'm involved in is the Performance Corvair Group.
> This chapter does require CORSA membership. That is because there are no
> dues and the only way we can do that is to be exempt from the non 100%
> CORSA membership fee. While I'm on that subject, I think that fee should
> be
> based on the percentage of chapter membership in CORSA, not a flat fee and
> definitely not $20. That's just not enough to cover what CORSA does
> provide
> to non members. I know there are chapters that have come up with many ways
> to get around paying the $20. There's just no good way to get around the
> ways to cheat and that's just unfortunate.
> 
> Finally, there are other clubs that require membership in both national
> and
> local clubs and they have plenty of members. Our chapter covers most of
> the
> state of Kansas. We have members that faithfully send in their dues every
> year and I have yet to see them at any club event in the 8 years I've been
> a member. I'm not as sure that CORSA will be around in 10 or 15 years if
> the financial number don't turn around. I also doubt that CORSA would
> survive with annual dues?above $50 or so. Something is going to have to
> change. Just because "it's always been that way" doesn't mean it's still
> the best way.
> 
> Sorry for rambling so much,
> Ned
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