<VV> 100% vs 0%

George Jones 65crownv8 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 9 20:01:59 EDT 2010


Bob,

What amazes me is that there are so many people who reap the rewards of
CORSA association, yet feel they don't receive any benefit, and refuse to
help foster the continuation of the organization.

Personally, to me it's like finding out who your friends are... you always
have a bunch of friends when life is good and you're handing out money (or
Corvair parts, etc.), but when the chips are down and you need help (money,
help, or Corvair parts), it's amazing how few you really have.

While I don't have a problem requiring the reciprocal agreement with CORSA
members being required to join a local chapter, I would not support it if
the requirement excludes the SIGs as chapters.

I need to stop here or I will let my passion (disdain) show.

George Jones
--------------------------------
Eastern Division Director,
Corvair Society of America (CORSA)
Performance Corvair Group
Central Florida Corvair Club (Since 2009)
Tidewater Corvair Club (since 1987)
Central Virginia Corvair Club (since 2006)
CORSA (since 1987)
'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible
'66 Monza Coupe Custom


On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Vairtec Corporation
<Vairtec at optonline.net>wrote:

> It is remarkable, to me, that so many people see the issue of CORSA
> membership at the local level as being a matter of "all or nothing."
> That is, they opine that we should impose a mandatory 100% membership
> requirement, period, finito, no wiggle room.
>
> I have said for years that if such a policy were to be put in place,
> that it should be reciprocal -- CORSA members should be required to join
> a chapter.
>
> As has been pointed out, the current situation dates waay back to
> CORSA's formation, and the recent debate is nothing new.  But these days
> when the debate arises I have a preference for a more nuanced solution.
> In my view, at the local level a Corvair club should choose to be a
> "chapter" of CORSA, an "affiliate" of CORSA, or an "associate" of CORSA.
>
> A "chapter" is a local club that chooses to impose a mandatory 100%
> membership policy.  When a club does this, it then receives the various
> benefits that CORSA provides to chapters, things such as web site
> hosting on the CORSA server, ad space in the Communique, support for
> local events, and of course, the insurance coverage.
>
> An "affiliate" is a local club that chooses to retain an open membership
> policy but pays a significant annual fee to CORSA in order to obtain the
> benefits that are otherwise accorded to chapters.
>
> An "associate" is a local club that chooses to retain an open membership
> policy and chooses not to pay for benefits, and therefore does not
> receive those benefits.
>
> You see, when a local club chooses not to impose a mandatory membership
> policy, I do not want to turn them out as if they are bums and slackers
> and cheapskates.  Rather, I wish to continue to promote cohesiveness in
> the hobby by continuing to embrace these clubs.  I am creating, in a
> sense, a hierarchy, but I think we can all agree that 100% membership is
> a worthwhile ambition, that clubs that do not impose such a policy but
> which contribute financially to CORSA should be welcomed, and that clubs
> that do neither are still comprised of people who love the same car as
> the rest of us.
>
> Now, I think that the annual benefits fee for those clubs that choose to
> retain an open membership policy should be a significant number -- at
> least $250.  To keep the admin simple and straightforward, I would make
> this a flat fee for all such clubs, regardless of local membership
> numbers.  A club may choose not to spend the $250 a year, but on the
> question on affordability I think that if any local club cannot afford
> $250 a year for liability insurance, web hosting and the rest, then that
> is probably not a viable local club.  After all, you'd have to have
> fewer than five members for $250 to exceed the cost of each member's
> CORSA dues.
>
> CORSA has, right now, about 120 local clubs and Special Interest
> Groups.  If, say, a third of them decide to impose a 100% CORSA
> membership policy, CORSA will likely gain members.  If another third of
> them choose to retain an open membership policy and pay a $250 annual
> fee for benefits, CORSA would take in $10,000.00 per year, the
> equivalent of about 200 members.  And if the final third of these clubs
> choose to retain an open membership policy and not pay for benefits,
> we've lost nothing.
>
> Under my plan we are in effect providing zero CORSA support to the clubs
> in the latter group, but at least we are not telling a segment of our
> fellow hobbyists to pound salt.  Each local club can select its
> preference.  And I betcha that CORSA's bottom line would improve.
>
> One last note:  Is my opinion worth any more than anyone else's?  Of
> course not.  But I think that I can lay claim to being "part of the
> solution" because I am a member of CORSA, I have served as an officer in
> my local club, I have served on CORSA committees, I have served as a
> CORSA director, and I have voted in CORSA's elections.
>
> --Bob Marlow
>
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