<VV> The Aging Membership, ala VV ...

[George Jones]

Bill brings up a great point. Communications FROM the BOD has been sporadic.
I'll be the first to admit that I don't read the Communique cover to cover,
and that is where most of the communication from CORSA comes from. As the
newsletter editor for the Tidewater Corvair Club, I have done two things to
help better this communication 1) I have included all of the Eastern
Division Directors on my newsletter distribution (electronic), so they can
see what is going on with our club; and 2) I have invited each of them to
use our club newsletter to let us know what is going on with CORSA. To date,
Scott Morehead is the only Director who has included me on a number of
communications and votes that are BoD issues, and I have forwarded those
communications to my club members.

My point being that communications is paramount to the continued existence
of any organization, and communication must flows both ways. We, as members,
cannot wait until we get an email (or read about it in the Communique) that
dues are about to increases. If you have an idea, forward it to your
director and request follow-up. I know I suggested the electronic newsletter
a couple of years ago, and I had to continue to follow up with the directors
to get a response. When I did get a response, it opened my eyes to a lot of
issues with providing the Communique electronically. I hope that the BoD is
still working to resolve some of those issues, and yes, one of them is cost
for the software.

Also, lets never forget, with the exception of Harry and Mike, everyone on
the BoD is a volunteer. They have lives outside of CORSA, some even have to
work 40 ~ 70 hours a week.

George Jones
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Performance Corvair Group
Tidewater Corvair Club (since 1987)
Central Virginia Corvair Club (since 2006)
Corvair Society of America (CORSA)(since 1987)
'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible
'66 Monza Coupe Custom


On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Chris & Bill Strickland <
lechevrier at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Okay, we've heard that repeated several times here, BUT ...
>
> Note that at least two of what have recently been described as "younger"
> members are in their mid-fifties -- some of you folks have forgotten the
> greatest [spell check almost changed this to "greasiest", ala Freud]
> "generation" ever, who is now coming of age (50+) -- the baby boomers!
> You know, that group that is going to break the bank at Social Security
> because there are so many of us? And we want those cars we had in high
> school, I am told -- I was in high school 1960-1965, and others followed
> me.  Okay, maybe the Corvair wasn't a Pony or muscle car (or a bright
> yellow '59 Pontiac hearse, with black racing stripe) -- sue me!  But it
> is of that "generation" that has all these folks in it and they are
> coming to their Age of Indulgence, when many can buy what they want,
> well, maybe they could have before last September, so they have scaled
> back their expectations to  ...   to what? Corvairs, maybe?  The poor
> man's Porsche?
>
> It ain't all doom and gloom as to prospective new members, not just
> yet!  But the Board of this organization needs to wake up and get it's
> rear in gear for that day when it comes and make some moves instead of
> sitting on center!  It's why you got voted in -- to represent us for the
> benefit of the organization. I liked Sarah's idea of the April vote for
> her concept that it would allow the board members to communicate their
> ideas to the membership, but I forget that our dear board doesn't do
> that, like, "I do not consider VV to be a great place for these
> discussions ...".  So where & when do you want to talk about it, the
> moon, with it's near vacuum and attendant lack of sound?
>
> Seems like, as has been noted, that this discussion has occurred
> periodically over the last several years -- has any action been taken?
> Well, you could hardly call the "Membership Special" of the last couple
> years a major action, although it was sufficient to get my overdue
> renewal paid up, Thanks Harry!
>
> Again, it seems like there is a dearth of communication from the
> individual board members to the membership, with a few occasional
> notable exceptions.  Speak Up!  and tell us what you're thinking!  and
> why!  Maybe you could get lucky and voted out!  Just convince folks like
> Jeff Aaronson that they should run!
>
> Not a candidate,
>
> Bill Strickland
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