<VV> Dues increase

[Jay Ciampi]

I side with Richard Gebhardt in reference to  having 2 levels of dues paying 
members: one for the hardcopy of The Communiqué and one for the on-line 
version of the Communiqué.  I belong to a couple of other clubs that have 
done just that and it saved both clubs money. I am saving money also by 
using the on-line versions of both clubs monthly newsletters.   Those clubs 
are also losing more members each year than they take in due to deaths and 
fewer new ,younger applications. CORSA is not alone in this situation.

My 2 cents worth for now.


Jay Ciampi
Lake Placid, FL.
CORSA member

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Gebhardt" <richard.gebhardt at comcast.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:11 PM
Subject: <VV> Dues increase


> First, some bona fides.....
>
> CORSA member since 1980
>
> Past President of NTCA and Music City Corvair clubs
>
> Have attended at least half of the conventions since 1980
>
> Major involvement in the Dallas90 mini-convention and the 1995 National in 
> Dallas
>
> Now the dues increase. It is not the only thing that can help the 
> situation that
> CORSA finds itself in, but no one has come up with anything else.
>
> Getting more members, Good idea, where are they. Someone in an earlier 
> post mentioned
> the 'model t' clubs. They faced the same situation 20 years ago.
>
> The Increasing age of its current membership and the decline of interest 
> by younger folks
> dealt an almost death blow to those clubs. CORSA may be approaching that 
> point. Witness
> the number of good active members that that have died this year and the 
> increasing amount of
> grey hair(or no hair) that you see at the conventions.
>
> At the last convention, I attended the meeting at which the board was 
> present to answer
> questions, etc. Dues were discussed then. No decision then either.
>
> I suggested that we send the Communique via e-mail. Most of the membership 
> has e-mail capability. Well, you would have thought I had suggested we 
> kill Santa Claus. It was not the board, but other members that were 
> present that objected..
>
> As I see it, CORSA cannot afford to run off too many current members with 
> a big dues increase, but it might be able to soften the blow by doing 
> something else to reduce costs at the same time.
>
> I, too, live on a 'fixed income', but I can still decide what is important 
> to me and spend it accordingly.
>
> Food for thought.....
>
> How about one dues amount for e-mail subscribers and another for those 
> that just must have the magazine.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard Gebhardt
>
> CORSA
> NTCA
> Music City
> Corvanactics
> 69group
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