<VV> Thoughts on CORSA Membership

Thu Jan 29 21:55:35 EST 2009

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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:37 PM, The Robbins <therobbins82 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Dave & Carole
> Thomson
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:32 PM
> To: Jeffrey B. Aronson; Virtual Vairs
> Subject: Re: <VV> Thoughts on CORSA Membership
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> My goodness, you should be on the CORSA board.   A light in the darkness.
> Listen up other CORSA folks this has credence.
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> Dave -  Calgary, 68 Kelmark V8Vair, 66 Corsa 140-4 Vert............
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey B. Aronson" <jrh at foxislands.net>
> To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:33 PM
> Subject: <VV> Thoughts on CORSA Membership
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> > As a fairly new member, I hesitate to enter this fray, but I might well
> > represent several sectors of CORSA's membership, so I'm jumping in.
> >
> > First off, I'm fairly new as a member [2007], the consequence of living
> > in a state with no CORSA chapter and not very aware of resources for my
> > Monza. I bought my Corvair not because I lusted after one, but because
> > it seemed like an interesting, entertaining, well engineered, affordable
> > vehicle (as a student I owned one from 1969-71).
> >
> > Second, I am not a car collector; my vehicles must be road-worthy and
> > usable year round, in most any conditions and driving situations. The
> > placard on my Corvair at the Bay State-Clark's event this fall read
> > "Please Touch."
> >
> > Third, I am very interested in the design/mechanicals/engineering of the
> > car. I love to drive it but club events seem to always occur during the
> > spring and summer months when I must work 7 days a week to make the most
> > of seasonal income opportunities. I'm a car guy more than a club guy.
> >
> > Fourth, I must work hard for my modest income and I'm likely to have to
> > do that until I am buried in my car. If I'm putting money into something
> > other than maintenance and repairs of my car, it had better be worth the
> > cash and the time it took to earn it.
> >
> > Fifth, I'm a professional magazine editor of another automotive
> > enthusiast publication, /The Rovers North News.
> > <http://www.roversnorth.com/store/t-downloadsrnnews.aspx>/ The magazine
> > goes out to 31,000 households, 6 issues a year.
> >
> > I mention all these because they represent my interest in and connection
> > with CORSA.So are some suggestions for CORSA:
> >
> > 1. CORSA's model is based on needs that predate the internet, cellphones
> > and relatively affordable shipping. It pays for a magazine with uneven
> > writing quality, some great technical pieces, historical information and
> > personal memoirs. By its content you'd assume the magazine presumes a
> > healthy interest in chapter activities and expensive national events.
> >
> > CORSA needs to ask itself if its activities, beloved by many existing
> > [but declining in number] members, reach new members. What if a new
> > member's work schedule does not give them flexibility and/or income for
> > a regional or national meet? Not everyone these days has a 9-5 job with
> > defined work schedules and days off.
> >
> > What could CORSA do to promote the growth of lots of little gatherings,
> > all over the country - Corvair MeetUps, instead of a national convention
> > that a vast majority of the membership can never attend? What if younger
> > car enthusiasts actually found out that the Corvair is wicked
> > affordable, wicked usable on a daily basis, and wicked entertaining and
> > cheap to drive? What if CORSA took the lead in that effort instead of
> > focusing on national events?
> >
> > 2. How will CORSA attract new members if it does not celebrate the
> > Corvair itself? I would never give a copy of the /Communique/, even the
> > one with my article :-) , to a potential younger member because it just
> > has no appeal to them. Stories about how someone prepared their car to
> > be a concours or "trailer queen" winner do not appeal to car buffs.
> >
> > Maybe the /Communique/ needs to become a Corvair enthusiast magazine
> > instead of club publication Many members seem to be parents and/or
> > grandparents; why can't CORSA promote young men and women who want to be
> > seen in cool cars like Corvairs? I've seen one letter to the editor to
> > his point in my 14 months of receiving the /Communique/, and only one
> > article.
> >
> > As an editor, I will remind everyone that finding correspondents to
> > write quality articles, for free or for payment, is very time consuming
> > and labor intensive. I spend a lot of time working with potential
> > writers to get their articles to show up on time and to improve the
> > quality of the work for the magazine. It's not a soft volunteer position!
> >
> > 3. There needs to be a definable benefit to join when you live in an
> > area with no local chapter. (BTW, when Maine enthusiasts have reviewed
> > the requirements for a local chapter, we've chosen to say "no" and
> > retain our loose confederation). Helping an out of state chapter reduce
> > their insurance costs doesn't cut it when I'm worried about meeting my
> > rent. I've purchased event insurance - it isn't pretty - and commend
> > CORSA for that benefit nationally. But I'm going to have increasing
> > problems justifying membership when CORSA is looking at a 30-50% dues
> > increase.
> >
> > CORSA could do for me what the Corvair Forum [thank you, San Diego club]
> > and VV [thank you, CORSA] do - connect me with other Corvair owners. But
> > the only thing I ever hear from CORSA's institutional leadership is
> > discussion of dues, of dunning more people. What I want to hear is what
> > you want to accomplish to promote the Corvair as an enthusiast
> automobile.
> >
> > The CORSA website is, to be blunt, much too oriented to club matters and
> > lame in its presentation of our wonderful, exciting, entertaining cars!
> > 6 tabs on club matters and 1 on the car? Why not open up the club
> > website to ideas that would enliven it? Ask yourselves - do members go
> > first to the CORSA website to connect with the enthusiast community, or
> > to the Corvair Forum?
> >
> > 4.  Corvairs are not a "hobby" with an entry fee for every member;
> > they're a hugely entertaining classic car that you can own for the sum
> > of a used Corolla - and you can drive it every day. Please recognize
> > that some members do not own Corvairs as collectors, and they love them
> > as daily cars. That's why Clark's and the Corvair Underground, and other
> > vendors, get my attention and appreciation. What's CORSA doing to
> > promote ownership and enthusiasm, rather than membership?
> >
> > 5. Maine has an active group of enthusiasts who link together thanks to
> > the internet. We're a large state [at least for New England] and we
> > can't see each other as often as we'd like, but we are a successful
> > "cyber club." We keep in touch online. When we meet in person, we
> > celebrate the cars, not the meeting itself. We looked at establishing a
> > chapter but after looking at the regulations, wondered "why?" I'll bet
> > we're not alone.
> >
> > 6. Why not invite CORSA members to advertise their services and/or
> > businesses in the Communique? Why are the classifieds only Corvair
> > related? Why not some pages at a modest cost with "classifieds" of
> > member services/businesses? Why not encourage members to do business
> > with members?
> >
> > I write these thoughts as someone who has contributed an article to the
> > Communique, looked into forming a CORSA chapter with other local
> > enthusiasts, has served on Board of Directors of other organizations,
> > and cares about CORSA's success. I have no illusions as to the
> > challenges faced by Board members. I do believe that the messages
> > implicit in our financial statements make it clear that it's time for
> > substantial change - and that the change will be good for the long term
> > health of the organization. The structure now in place, with the
> > purposes it has set out for itself, may not be the way for the future.
> >
> > Thanks for reading this LONG missive. I, too, want to see CORSA succeed.
> >
> > Jeff Aronson
> > Vinalhaven, ME
> > www.landroverwriter.com <http://www.landroverwriter.com>
> >
> > '66 Corvair Monza Coupe 110/4
> > '66 Land Rover Series II-A [2]
> > '80 Triumph TR-7 Spider
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