<VV> What if?, was: CORSA

[Mark Corbin]

Ron,

I think you missed my point. I'm not talking about those who COULD/MAYBE be
persuaded, but rather those who are adamently against joining, period.
Those who's minds are not only closed, but slammed shut, deadbolted,
chained, and bricked over. They wouldn't join even if membership was free.
But they don't hesitate in taking adavantage of any and all benefits from
the club and its members that they can.

Once had a grarage man named Dick that was that way. He had a nice '63
Spyder, and would show it at car shows around the area, even rubbing elbows
with other members of my local club. But would he join, even the local?
Hell, no. He'd offer up all kinds of excuses, like "club members are
snobs", as to why not to join (though he didn't think those local members
he was rubbing elbows with were snobs). No matter what I said, it wasn't
enough. Even when I offered to pay his dues for him (and not like he
couldn't afford it himself). Go figure.

Such people, while they may be otherwise nice people, aren't worth having
around. As I said, everyone should just (nicely) cut them free to fend for
themselves. They are of no good to anyone but themselves, anyway.

No, if someone is willing to join the local, then they can be persuaded to
join the national. You just have to find a way to impress them with the
national membership's benefits. Done properly, there really IS no excuse
for NOT having all your local members national members as well.

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: <Corvkid50 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> What if?, was:  CORSA
>
> <snip>
> As far as I'm concerned, people who don't join a national club of 
whatever
> > marque car they have are idiots. Just the networking alone  that's
available
> > only through a national club is worth the dues. We who  are members of
the
> > national need to tell such people to take a hike. If  everybody did,
those
> > freeloaders would find themselves cut off and  isolated from everything
for
> > their car, and would soon be forced to sell  out or join.
>  
> Boy, now there's way to attract new members. Pay Up or get lost.  What a 
> novel approach. I wonder how many " Freeloaders go to the national 
convention. I 
> would bet that if we told them they aren't welcome I doubt if you  'ld
see 
> many more national's. I think this thread is driving away more people 
than it's 
> attracting. Hey I have an idea, isn't virtual vairs a part of corsa? 
Lets 
> start by telling every non corsa member on this list to get lost and
cancel  
> their account. That will give you an idea of what would happen to the the

> conventions. 
> Ron T
> "You attract more flies with sugar then you do  salt"