<VV> CORSA Members on the Internet

[Robby]

  have been a CORSA member since the early 90's and I hear the same thing
> every year - "we are working to increase membership and income" and yet
> every year membership falls.  So obviously in 20 years, the BoD has yet to
> figure out the problem.  I belong to many car clubs, CORSA costs the most
> and provides the least.  The Communique is becoming something I can read in
> one bathroom setting and then discard.  It has no real value IMHO and to be
> honest when my membership expires this year I expect CORSA to lose one more
> member.  I see no reason to pay $45 a year so I can attend a convention.
>
> Everyone is talking about taking surveys about this and that - try a couple
> of surveys such as "How many NEW members has CORSA gained in the past 5
> years?" or "How many members are under the age of 30?"  I think you will
> find the problem with CORSA with both of those - an aging membership and a
> failure to add new members.  It doesn't take a rocket scientist (although I
> am an engineer) to figure out that with those two things are the death of
> CORSA.  You can change the Communique to bi-monthly, increase advertising
> rates, etc but wiithout addressing those two things all you will be doing is
> putting CORSA on a respirator.
>
> Personally I have no confidence in the BoD having the insight to do
> anything positive for CORSA - haven't in the 20 years I have been in CORSA
> and to be real honest, if CORSA folds so be it - I can enjoy my Corvairs
> without CORSA.
>
> Robby
>
>   On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, The Reinharts <jtreinhart at omnitelcom.com
> > wrote:
>
>> All, Gary asked the question, I will try and answer. What this survey
>> means
>> to me is: I will be able to stay in contact with you, the members of the
>> Corvair family, no matter what happens in the future to the printed
>> Communique. If you are looking for an ominous prediction, here it is, No
>> matter what we do, in my honest opinion, the printed Communique will have
>> to
>> become a bi-monthly or quarterly issue within two years, to save CORSA
>> money
>> and keep the club solvent. I then want to use the website to fill in the
>> gaps between the issues. That is why this survey is so important to me. In
>> my opinion we could end up completely relying on the web within 10 years.
>> As
>> I said yesterday I will explain it all and outline my plan for the future
>> in
>> a document and present it to the board and you in the following weeks. You
>> can then register your opinion and help us decide what you want for the
>> future of CORSA. In the meantime know that the BoD is working on every
>> angle
>> to increase membership and income.  Thanks for your comments and concerns.
>> I
>> will keep you posted.
>>
>> Jamie Reinhart
>> CORSA Central Director
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gary Moore" <tdrinkr at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Executive SecretaryHarry Jensen" <corsa at corvair.org>
>> Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 04:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: <VV> CORSA Members on the Internet
>>
>>
>> > Maybe I should have brought this up earlier. Do we need an accurate
>> count?
>> > Besides "it would be nice to know", what reason do we need to know the
>> > information? Is this information that is missing from the CORSA
>> membership
>> > database? Gary Moore
>> > The Internet, a magnificent new technology combining the credibility of
>> > anonymous hearsay with the excitement of typing. –Jon Stewart
>> >
>> > --- On Tue, 3/9/10, Harry Jensen, Executive Secretary <
>> corsa at corvair.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > From: Harry Jensen, Executive Secretary <corsa at corvair.org>
>> > Subject: Re: <VV> CORSA Members on the Internet
>> > To: "Gary Moore" <tdrinkr at yahoo.com>
>> > Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org, airvair at earthlink.net
>> > Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 2:49 PM
>> >
>> > Hi--
>> >
>> > Well, what about the folks who are not members of chapters? How do they
>> > get counted?
>> >
>> > --H
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 3/9/2010 11:02 AM, Gary Moore wrote:
>> >> Agreed, there are flaws in any survey, but still the survey taken from
>> >> club rosters by club officials would be much more accurate then relying
>> >> on each person to answer a survey. Our club has 52 memberships, single
>> >> and family, 4 do not list an email address and two have non-working
>> email
>> >> addresses. All are CORSA members. That puts the percentage at 88%. Is
>> >> this typical? Maybe not, but it is probably pretty close. Gary Moore
>> >
>> > -- |--------------------------------------------------------------
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>> > | CORSA Executive Secretary
>> > |
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>> >
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