<VV> New CORSA Memberships

[john]

I have been trying to sign up new CORSA members and to get past  
members to rejoin like all good members should do. Recently I received  
an e-mail from one of those new members that I signed up months ago  
and I have included a portion of it below.  This is very disappointing  
to me after I have explained how good CORSA is and got the person to  
join, this is not good and I know we can do better if we expect to  
save this club !
The directors need to put a stop to this kind of service !  This  
person is in the Central Region but this could be happening anywhere  
so it needs to be addressed at the home office now !
I am on vacation in San Francisco until next week, when I get back  
East I will be checking into this further.  Thanks

John Howell
CORSA Member since 1972

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> I’m not complaining, mind you, but do you have any idea what’s going  
> on at CORSA??  I still haven’t received a membership card or the t- 
> shirt that they advertised would be sent to new members when they  
> joined.  It took me 2 phone calls to finally get a copy of Corvair  
> Basics, and I called a few weeks ago to order a copy of the  
> Technical Guide, and I still haven’t received that.  I just e-mailed  
> Mike McGowan to ask if someone would check on my stuff, and I’ll  
> follow up with a phone call if I don’t hear back in about a week.   
> (I’ve got to go to New Orleans on business next week so I’ll wait  
> till I get back from there to call if I haven’t received anything.)   
> To be honest, I’m pretty disappointed in CORSA so far.  I keep  
> reading in Virtual Vairs that a lot of people are worried because  
> the membership seems to be dwindling.  Given the performance of the  
> CORSA office, I can understand why.
>
> It really wouldn’t cost ‘em anything much to do a little simple  
> marketing and send out a “new member” kit with a welcome letter,  
> membership card and some other Corvair propaganda.  Newbies like me  
> would eat that stuff up.  But I’ve had no communication from CORSA  
> unless I initiated it.  Pretty pitiful.
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