[PPCC] Fw: <CORSA Chapters> Craigslist

[Steve Goodman]

I think this is an excellent avenue to find new members.  We can talk
about it at the next meeting of each club.

Best, Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: CORSA Chapters <chapters at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: <CORSA Chapters> Craigslist


> Hi all,
> 
> For those of you who haven't looked, craigslist.org is an online want  
> ad site, broken out by city.  If you had one of those "Want Ad" or  
> "Thrify Nickel" ad books, this is basically the same thing on a web  
> site.  Anyway, Harry Yarnell recently posted about a Corvair on the  
> DC area site, so I went over and searched for "Corvair".  There are  
> several there now, so I sent all the owners the following:
> 
> "I saw your ad on Craigslist, I'm the President of the local Corvair  
> club, thought I'd drop you a note with my contact information that  
> you could pass along to the new owner of your Corvair.  We have  
> monthly meetings and can help someone new to Corvairs get information  
> and assistance in finding parts and doing repairs, along with having  
> events to enjoy our cars.  Good luck with your sale!"
> 
> Thought I'd pass this along, it may help you pick up some new  
> members.  One of the folks I wrote to has another Corvair in addition  
> to the one he's selling, he's planning on coming to our next meeting.
> 
> --Bryan
> 
> Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com