<CORSA Chapters> 100% CORSA Membership

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Bill,

Very well put, you do have a way with words.

However, you were off target, slightly. DACC is one of the few chapters that requires CORSA membership.

Ned



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hubbell <whubbell at cox.net>
To: 'tim mahler' <flat6vair at comcast.net>
Cc: 'CORSA Chapters' <chapters at corvair.org>; CORSA/CPF BoD <corsabod at corvair.org>; Allen Bristow <oabwdb at comcast.net>
Sent: Tue, Dec 15, 2009 8:09 am
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> 100% CORSA Membership


Whenever this issue comes up, people address it by asking and answering the
rong question.  They ask, "What is the benefit of the INDIVIDUAL to be a
ember of CORSA?", when what they should be asking is "What is the benefit
f the CHAPTER to be a member of CORSA?"
Simply put, if there IS a benefit to the chapter to be a member of CORSA
hen that benefit applies downward to all of the chapter members to some
xtent, and therefore CORSA membership should be required of all CORSA
hapter members.
Conversely, if a chapter feels it gains NO benefit from being a member of
ORSA then it should, of course, drop its CORSA membership and not require
he same of CORSA.  Nothing would preclude individuals within that chapter
rom joining CORSA as free agents, but their local club would not have any
ORSA benefits, including insurance.
Therefore, the only question CORSA should be asking is why it grants Chapter
embership to chapters which feel they do not get benefit from CORSA.
Speaking as a member of Tidewater Corvair Club (which DOES require 100%
ORSA membership), I do believe that our chapter perceives benefit from
eing a CORSA chapter and that is why we require our members to belong to
ORSA as well.  While I can probably count on one hand the number of TCC
embers who have attended a CORSA convention in the past 5 years, most of us
ave attended local events covered by CORSA insurance and we ALL were
nvolved in a recent car raffle that was very successful due to publicity in
he Communiqué.  I could list several other benefits (as I have in the
ast), but the bottom line is that we have a strong club that is 100% CORSA
nd I have heard no complaints about this.
I wonder if the clubs that say they do not want to require 100% CORSA
embership would be willing to give up having their club names, news and
ublicity of club events included in the Communiqué?  I wonder if they would
LL be willing to purchase their own insurance whenever they attend or host
ocal events (such as the DACC Homecoming)?  I wonder if their members who
O attend CORSA conventions would be happy to attend as Free Agents and not
s representatives of their local chapters which do not perceive a value to
ORSA membership?  Gee, imagine the "roll call" at the annual banquet and
here is no DACC, CCE, etc.

ill Hubbell

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