<CORSA Chapters> Membership question -- 100% vs Not

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I don't know for a fact, but would suspect there are chapters that have developed "work around's" to avoid the current Chapter fee. I'm also confident that there would be similar actions if 100% CORSA membership was required.

Ned


-----Original Message-----
From: Barney Eaton <barney at texas.net>
To: Harry Jensen, Executive Secretary <corsa at corvair.org>; Gary Swiatowy <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; Chapters CORSA <chapters at corvair.org>
Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 9:46 am
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Membership question -- 100% vs Not


The membership slide is not unique to CORSA.    I am on the board of the 
uick Club of America and we have seen similar declines.
e can speculate that the problem is the economy or members growing older 
which we have a serious problem.... we support Buicks going back to 1908)
ORSA is actually in a better place than the BCA.... Corvairs were made for 
0 years and CORSA  has 4600 members.  Buicks have been made for 101 and
e only have 8500 members..... compared to CORSA we should have 85,000.
We came very close to greatly reducing the monthly publication content and 
ize but the members told us that they did not went the Bugle touched, 
eaning the
nly choice was to raise dues.     We had already reduced cost in many 
reas,  cutting board meeting to one a year,  and eliminating other "frills"
The BCA has the same membership policy as CORSA,   if you belong to a local 
lub/chapter,  then you must belong to the BCA.   There are insurance 
mplications
ith non-BCA members being active in local activities where the BCA covers 
he insurance.       We send out annual questioneers to the Chapers and only 
et back
bout 5%........they don't want to tell us their total membership because 
hey thing we are checking on them.    We have little "proof" but we know 
ome Chapters are
orse than others in allowing non-BCA members to be part of their Chapter. 
o far the insurance thing has not blown up in our face but there is always 
hat chance.
Barney  Eaton
one Star Corvair Club
----- Original Message ----- 
rom: "Harry Jensen, Executive Secretary" <corsa at corvair.org>
o: "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
c: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Chapters CORSA" 
chapters at corvair.org>
ent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:23 AM
ubject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Membership question -- 100% vs Not

 Hi--

 On 12/17/2009 3:59 AM, Gary Swiatowy wrote:
> While all this hand wringing and arguements are going on.
> Why has no-one asked the big question?
> Where is the money going?
> Why are we going broke?
 The problem is not necessarily with expenses. Expenses from 2004 until
 the present are between $210K and $220K. Our projections for 2010
 through 2013 show expenses under $220K. Most expenses are not linear,
 especially in the printing industry.

 The REAL problem is on the revenue side: We have fewer and fewer members
 to share those expenses. In 2004 CORSA had 5300 members. This year 4600.
 That a loss of 700 members. The same expenses which were shared by 5300
 members in 2004 are shared by 4600 members today.


 On 12/17/2009 7:07 AM, sarahvair at juno.com wrote:
> most of the money CORSA spends is for the salary of Mike&  Harry.
 CORSA does not pay a salary to Mike and Harry. CORSA pays fees based
 upon a contract which is reviewed regularly by the Board, and was done
 so this year. If the truth be told, our company DECREASED those fees for
 2010. If Mike and Harry did not provide the service, CORSA would still
 have to pay another company for those services, unless a group of
 volunteers does the work.

 --H


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