<CORSA Chapters> Membership question -- 100% vs Not. Chapter level

[Vairtec Corporation]

Responding as president of NJACE:

> Does your chapter require CORSA membership?
>   
No
> Have you discussed 100% CORSA membership in you chapter meetings?
>   
Yes
> Would your chapter support 100% CORSA membership?
>   
If put up for a local member vote at this time, no.


Now, responding as an individual:

I believe that there exists a solution to this conundrum.  "Chapters" 
need to be redefined as those local clubs that require 100% CORSA 
membership.  These clubs then receive CORSA benefits as per the Chapter 
Plan.  Local clubs that choose not to require 100% CORSA membership are 
no longer considered chapters, but may become "affiliate clubs" by 
paying an annual fee ($250 is the number I pick out of the air) for 
CORSA insurance et al.  Local clubs that choose not to require 100% 
CORSA membership and choose not to pay for CORSA insurance remain 
unaffiliated local Corvair clubs.

Putting my NJACE president's hat back on, NJACE would I am sure pay the 
$250 annual fee.  After a few years of this, I betcha the club would 
choose to implement a 100% membership requirement... assuming CORSA 
remains viable.  CORSA's problems are not rooted in whether or not the 
locals require 100% membership.

--Bob Marlow


>
> Background -- After the most recent discussion on requiring 100% CORSA 
> membership in CORSA chapters, the board is again looking at this issue.  It 
> has almost become an annual rite.  the survey (almost 2 years ago) indicated 
> a slight majority of individuals would favor such.  That comment may bias 
> some polls, but I doubt it would this group.
>
> What may change the discussion, introduce a bias,  is -- 
> What if CORSA offered a nonCommunique membership?  Voting rights, attend 
> conventions, other CORSA sanctioned events ,  be eligible for several 
> special interest groups (who require CORSA membership today)  such as Stock 
> Corvair Group,  Performance Corvair group, and others  I think but do not 
> recall precisely that Corvanatics also requires CORSA membership.  These 
> special interest group meet face to face at the CORSA convention.
>
> Would that make a difference to your chapter in the approve Questions?
>
> (100% membership also means chapter insurance and benefit filing fee is 
> waived for all chapters so "goes away")
>
> The board has not made any decisions,  but have (re)started talking about 
> the above.  The goal is to make CORSA better.
>
> thanks
> tim mahler
> president, CORSA
>
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