<VV> Comparisons

[The Reinharts]

Gary and All, You can all debate this issue until your fingers fall off from 
pushing keys. The argument has been going on since CORSA started, and you 
cannot win. Human nature will not let it happen. This discussion is not 
about insurance and it is not about forcing people to do what they don't 
want to do. Here are the real facts of our situation right now.
1. CORSA membership is dwindling. You can't stop it because we don't live 
forever.
2. The CORSA budget is cut to the bare minimum.
3. There are benefits to being part of CORSA whether you want to admit it or 
not.
4. We need to do something about the situation we're in.

My perceived solutions.
1. 100% CORSA membership
2. A three tiered membership plan. This will give everyone the ability to 
choose to be a CORSA member, and help CORSA (which is all of us) find 
solutions to our current situation. Question: What would everyone say to a 
$10 Associate membership. There would be no communique for this membership. 
The price would cover insurance, administration costs, give the member the 
ability to participate in any CORSA events, and a vote. THIS IS ALL 
HYPOTHETICAL OF COURSE.
3.Continue to service the needs of the membership we have now but also find 
new innovative ways to recruit new members and provide services to them.
4. Morph this club into a more web based format. Why? Because like it or 
not, alot of people born after 1980 like to communicate electronically. That 
is where we will find our new members. And in the end it will cost us less 
money.

Jamie Reinhart
Central Director




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 04:17 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Comparisons


> In all due respect, how is it not a valid comparison?
> CORSA is our governing body, they are our elected officials. They can be
> voted out of office, and yes they have duties to pass laws(amend by-laws)
> just like any other governing body.
> Let me clarify a comparison. My State, New York, balances its budget by
> assessing additional fees and taxes assuming the revenue will actually be
> there. Recent developments indicate that the revenue anticipated indeed is
> not there, meaning a deficite. The government anticipating the revenue did
> not cut spending, until the well ran dry.
>
> What if the increased revenue from the proposed 100% membership does not
> materialize? And no cuts to spending were planned?
> CORSA cannot continue as usual, that's obvious, but in my opinion they
> cannot depend on an imaginary revenue stream that may indeed not exist.
>
> And I suspect, that several chapters may go it alone, and actually cause a
> drop in membership.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Gary Swiatowy
>
>> From: Louis Armer <carmerjr at mindspring.com>
>> Subject: <VV> Comparisons
>>
>> Hi Gary, Bringing politics / government into this discussion is not a
>> valid comparison.
>>
>> Corvairly,
>> Chuck Armer
>> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> CORSA surely has money problems, and a declining membership. Just like
>> government, that spends all its time looking for new sources of revenue,
>> usually in the form of taxes and fees. Government cannot figure out every
>> new fee has another effect, the money is taken from something else, it is
>> not automatically there, it does not come from midair. So, some will
>> leave,
>> some will stay. Others will get so PO'd they will disillusion others.
>>
>> I don't have the answer, but I think someone is loading the gun, getting
>> ready to shoot themselves in the foot.
>>
>>
>> Gary Swiatowy
>> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
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