<VV> Re:100% Corsa membership

[Gary Swiatowy]

I for one disagree with the notion of requiring 100% Corsa membership of the 
chapters. A lot of the chapters are holding on by a thread as it is, in the 
long run they would probably lose chapter membership, if Corsa membership 
was mandatory.

The Chapters in and of themselves are a great recruitment tool for Corsa. 
Once in a chapter, an individual gets to learn about Corsa by hearing about 
conventions and such, and seeing his fellow members going to these events. 
It should still be up to the individual. I for one see these sliding scales 
of dues for chapters as more detrimental in the long run.

I have been a Chapter member, and Corsa member for a long time. If 100% 
membership was made mandatory of the chapters. I would become a proponent of 
my chapter leaving corsa..........don't know if it would be successful or 
not.

I belong to other car clubs as well. There has been a long standing push for 
my local T-Bird club to become an "official" chapter of one of the national 
groups. Again requiring 100% membership. The national group that wants us, 
is dedicated to ONLY the 55-57 Birds, our members include all years. So it 
is not quite the same thing. Still, we would most likely lose over 1/2 our 
membership if the 100% rule became mandatory.

I also belong to a MOPAR club, over 200 members, no affiliation with any 
parent organization. We pay for our own insurance.

As for the Kiosk, I may have short memory, but this list is the first I ever 
heard of it.

Gary Swiatowy