<CORSA Chapters> Member participation

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Please don't misunderstand, I'm not against doing anything different. Doing something is different than doing nothing. 


I just think if you have an idea, "We should do..." you should be prepared to carry out that idea. You shouldn't just come up with an idea and expect others to carry it out. Now if you need help getting things done, that's different. 



-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: aeroned <aeroned at aol.com>
Cc: chapters <chapters at corvair.org>
Sent: Thu, May 28, 2015 12:53 pm
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Member participation


Just a couple of thoughts/comments that may help.  One reason to do some
different things isn't that there's anything wrong with what's currently
happening.  It's just to get a bit of "freshness" if you will.  If nothing else,
it may help you, and there's nothing wrong with doing something a little
different just because it's good for Ned (or whoever the club officer or regular
attendee might be).

> On May 28, 2015, at 1:06 AM, Ned Madsen via Chapters
<chapters at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> To come clean, we had a "new" member show
up at a recent meeting saying the club had to change. He wanted us to do more
things, different things than what we've been doing. Of course he hasn't
participated in most of those events. We offered to "let" him plan an event but
of course that was too much for him to do. He just wanted others to do
everything he wanted. That is when he lost me.
> 
Yeah, I totally get your
point.  I would say that if anything of those things sound like fun to you, then
it might be worth a try (see above rationale).
> 
> Our monthly meeting begins
with an unofficial dinner social. We then move to a local community center. It's
a nice room in a nice building with it's own parking lot that we get for free.
Sounds perfect for a car club, IMO. We meet on Saturday night. That has always
been a concern of mine. Do we lose attendance because it's "date night?" Every
time I suggest changing the night to a week night, it's overwhelmingly turned
down. Of course that's by the folks that are there on a Saturday night.
> 
>

> On the plus side we have our Tunas, three times a year. These events are
very successful and regionally (nationally?) famous. The success is 99.9% due to
the hospitality of our host, Terry Kalp. The other 0.1% is the food, that's not
an insult of the food.

I'd say the Tunas are nationally famous!  It does help
that you guys spread the word, and that's good for everyone to see what
works.

One other thought on "events" and the "younger crowd".  In many cases
young folks do much lower key get togethers, just go hang out somewhere and talk
cars, maybe with a drive before or after.  Around here they call them "meetups".
Facebook is an easy tool to use for setting these up - check the weather
forecast for tomorrow or the next day, pick a spot, and go!  Have dessert or
stop at a brewery, not a full meal.  Maybe a fun drive to/from.  We've been
experimenting with that, with some success.  Don't expect too much, but we've
gotten a couple folks who couldn't make anything else to come.  Great for a
weeknight!

--Bryan