<VV> Referendum vote

[Mike Jacobi]

Good point Louis.  Its just that I have seen so many instances where a
little kindness could have changed a bad outcome to a good one, and the
chance missed because everyone thought that someone else would take care of
it.  And no one did.  It gets to the need for each of us to take any
opportunity to reach out and help another.  To invite the guy sitting by
himself at a meeting, to come sit with us.  To encourage our wives or lady
friends to befriend the new member¹s wife.  To get the new or the old timer
involved in a club project.  In fact to get to know them well enough to know
when a really tough economic turn has happened and that they need their dues
remitted.

Twenty bucks isn¹t much when you have it, but its an awful lot when you
don¹t.

Just sayin....

Mike in Michigan


On 9/10/10 6:25 PM, "Louis Armer" <carmerjr at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Mike there is a core group on V V that have "rescued" many from having to drop
> out. That is NOT what I am advocating and has nothing to do with an
> International referendum vote on CORSA either being 100% or not. I am sure you
> get the gist 
> if you have read several of my posts to others. Most all of us have had hard
> times but 44 cents will not break any active CORSA member and that is who I
> advocate votes in this referendum.
> 
> Chuck Armer
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> At 09:32 AM 9/10/2010, you wrote:
> 
>> --  guys,
>> 
>> I keep encountering VV posts that mention that good loyal members of their
>> local clubs and of corsa are being dropped because they can't afford the
>> dues due to unemployment.  With the economy in the state that it is, I have
>> to wonder why we can't remit the dues* of those in that fix, rather than see
>> a good loyal member excluded from fellowship, just at the time he (or she)
>> needs it the most.
>> 
>> No not a cut and dried "entitlement" sort of deal, but simply a friendly
>> kind of thing at the local level where the members friends in the club
>> assess the situation and take action to forgive the dues for the time it
>> takes the guy to get reconnected to the job market and back on his feet.
>> The local club could even voluntarily pay that guys corsa dues to keep him
>> able to participate in conventions and other meets.
>> 
>> There are a lot of hard times going around right now.  If we can do some
>> outreach here and there, seems like folks would find out Corvairs have a
>> heart as well as great engineering.
>> 
>> Mike in Michigan (had my share of hard times too)
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