<VV> CORSA Future.

[Bryan Blackwell]

James and others,

I've seen this same comparison made, and I disagree with it, and I  
think this is part of the problem that many volunteer or charitable  
organizations have right now.  We aren't "customers", we are a group  
with a common interest and this group has expenses.  I may not be  
explaining this well enough, but I see a similar problem in our local  
Little League baseball.  The problem is, the organization runs on  
volunteer power, but many parents view it as a business.  It isn't.   
It's an organization where kids can play baseball, and that takes  
money for bats and balls and all that stuff.  CORSA needs money  
mostly for communication - so we can find out what other Corvair  
owners are doing, for our own benefit.  While we need to make good  
monetary decisions, treating CORSA - or any other volunteer  
organization - too much like a business is a mistake, IMO.

--Bryan

Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/
   Corvairs: '61 Lakewood, '64 Greenbrier, '65 Corsa, '66 Corsa
   '69 Road Runner, '97 Ford F-150, '99 Neon R/T
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On May 4, 2008, at 4:32 PM, james rice wrote:

> Income vs expense is really an issue about those
> providing, at a cost customers are willing to pay, goods and  
> services.  How
> do we get and keep customers?  The cost of the goods and services  
> has to be
> what customers wants, including by not limited to, quality and  
> timeliness of
> the goods and services.