<VV> Vendors on the Board

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I think that where this thought comes from is the very early days of 
CORSA, before Lon and Cal started their businesses. It was thought that 
a vendor might (ab)use their position on the board for their best 
financial and personal advantage. Maybe then, the thought had merit. Not 
so anymore, I think.

-Mark C (one of the charter members)

John Kepler wrote:

>I asked the person on the BOD
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>>asked me as to whether being a vendor would be a conflict of interest.
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>They
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>>supposedly checked with some other board members and got back to me that
>>it would not be a good idea.
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>I usually just lurk on this list, but the rather convoluted logic associated
>with this position that a "vendor" on the CORSA BOD "...would not be a good
>idea" hit a nerve, and is an indicator of what I feel is wrong in the
>organization.  A parts vendor may be the PERFECT BOD member based his total
>involvement in the well-being of the marque.  He/she isn't a
>dilettante....they're in it up to their eyeballs, including their wallets,
>mortgage payment, and the shirt on their backs.  THAT'S the kind of
>engagement and perspective ANY organization needs, but is also one that is
>curiously rejected by the more elite "scotch and soda" crowd rather the more
>pragmatic "beer and dirty knuckles" part of any "collector" organization.
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>In road racing, it was the dithering inherent in the "scotch and soda"
>dilettante approach to management that made SCCA such a nightmare to race in
>above a club-level, and the pragmatic and business-oriented NASCAR-patterned
>IMSA just the opposite.  CORSA could use a bit less of the former, and a
>little more of the latter, IMNHO, which is why I'm very happy to see someone
>like Lon on the Board!  We need MORE like him where it counts for the long
>haul!
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>Just my 2 cents!
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>John Kepler
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