<VV> Bob's (typically different) viewpoint on 100%

[Bruce Schug]

On Dec 16, 2009, at 4:51 PM, <kaczmarek at charter.net> <kaczmarek at charter.net 
 > wrote:

> Bob
> Every veteran's organization in this country, as well as many of the  
> car clubs, allow MAL's  (MEMBERS AT LARGE)
>
> Perhaps living in NJ doesn't give you perspective on a member who  
> may live hours away from a local club.  He joins CORSA for the  
> magazine, and information/web access/ etc.    Should he HAVE to send  
> money to a Chapter that he may never visit in his life?
>
> In my role as a District Vice Commandant for the Marine Corps  
> League, I get a MAL listing every quarter.
>  I make copies and underline the names of the MAL's that live in my  
> district, and go over this list with each of the Detachment  
> Commandants and the Jr Vice Commandant (Responsible for recruitment  
> and retention), to alert them to potential detachment members in  
> their geographical area.  And I check on their progress in  
> contacting these MAL's and enticing them to join the local detachment.
>
> Different than CORSA, when you join the Marine Corps League, you do  
> not have to pay dues to your local detachment.  Detachments raise  
> their own funds for troop support, toys for tots, community support,  
> etc.  My detachment has collected over 5000 toys since October, and  
> raised 12,000.00 for community and troop support. This amount is  
> raised annually.  (Lincoln County NC has about 30,000 residents, and  
> the unemployment rate is 17%)
>
> If the argument is that chapters need money to survive, then perhaps  
> the members could push themselves away from the frequent and   
> inevtiable meals that they consume, and get their butts out and do  
> some fundraising for their chapter.
>
> You can have the best chapter in the club, but if a MAL lives 3-4  
> hours away, no benefit will likely entice them to travel that far  
> for a monthly meeting.
>
>

Hank,

Good points.

The other way it could work would be for members to pay all their dues  
to CORSA, then check a box and choose which local chapter they wished  
to be affiliated with. If Bob's vision were to come to pass, they  
would be required to belong to a local chapter even if it were hours  
away. By checking additional boxes and paying extra money, they could  
belong to more than one chapter as many of us do. Obviously, CORSA  
would disperse this money to the chapters for their support. Isn't  
this the model many organizations use?

Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
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CORSA South Carolina
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