<VV> Donations

[Mark Corbin]

That's why the CPF ENDOWMENT fund is so critical. The purpose of it is to
have a fund that will always be there. Since only the interest can be used
for museum purposes, the principle will always be intact forever. So even
IF CORSA should disappear, the endowment would see to it that the museum
property is cared for.

Personally I consider a donation to the endowment fund to be THE most
important donation anyone can make, as it ensures the Corvair legacy in
perpituity, no matter what would become of CORSA or the CPF.

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: Smitty Smith <vairologist at verizon.net>
> Subject: <VV> Donations
>
> Smitty Says:  Somewhere in outerspace there are some comments from Sarah
concerning donations to CORSA/ CPF.  When I finally got a break from my
labors I couldn't find them.  I believe the gist of it was that donations
should be made to CORSA general fund first and CPF after.  Let me know if I
am wrong Bob.  Anyway it should be fairly obvious that donations to CORSA
to keep it alive may be well intentioned and greatfully received but there
is nothing solid or real about where the money goes or what it does.  This
is the preception as I see it.  Whereas when a contribution is made to CPF
people can envision the money going to purchase artifacts and maintain
exhibits that will live on to to show the Corvair history to people in the
future.  Of course without CORSA , CPF has no future.  So what does the
average donator do?  Send money to disappear into the maw of the general
fund or buy something that can be touched and looked at in his "pie in the
sky" dream of a big building
>  full of shiny displays?