<VV> CORSA Denver Convention

[George Jones]

Carl,

FIrst, I would like to thank you for your attendence at this year's
International Convention. I enjoyed  meeting and talking with you at the
CORSA and CPF Meetings. I also wanted to thank you for the business card;
I've found a place of prominence in my office for it (in the frame of one of
my Q-Corvette pieces of arwork).

 I regret that you had the difficulties that you had at the banquet. It was
a mistake, and we all learn from our mistakes. As always, hindsight is
20/20, and we can't go back and change what's already been done. I don't
know that this will help change your mind, but if you decide to attend the
2012 convention in Sturbridge, MA, let me know and I will personally pay for
your banquet ticket, and I'll make sure that you receive it.

None of the folks who host these events are professionals, and honestly, I'm
glad we're able to find folks willing to host them. Reading the negative
comments posted about some of the past conventions really doesn't encourage
people to step forward and take on the challenges. It's a lot of work, but
it can also be very rewarding. I think we often times loose sight of that
side of it.

I do hope that you will reconsider attending future conventions as I feel
that the true value in the conventions is in the people we go there to meet
and socialize with. The cars are a pleasant distraction that happens to
bring us all together.


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 Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Arlette Pat <arlettecarl at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> 2011 CORSA Denver Convention
>
> Have just arrived home from this years CORSA Convention (Wednesday August
> 10).
>
> Why did it take me so long? Well home is some 8,000 miles from Denver
> (Australia) and I returned home via Spokecan Washington, Portland Oregon and
> Los Angeles where a QANTAS B747-400 took me back to Australia in just under
> 15 hours (we had a head wind!).
>
> I enjoyed the Convention very much and those who put the time into putting
> this convention together should be thanked a million times over. It was
> shame however that the map outside the registration area only provided for
> visitors from the USA. A map of world would have been more appropriate given
> the Conventions 'International' status.
>
> My attendance at this years convention however ended on a disappointing
> note. I had paid for the Awards Banquet at the time of registering and was
> looking forward to 'planting' my small Australian flag on the dinner table.
> On approaching the entry door I was asked very firmly for a banquet ticket
> that I was never provided. My appeals that I had paid for the Banquet where
> responded to with the comment "not my problem, no ticket no entry".
>
> I left feeling annoyed and promised myself that this would be the last
> CORSA convention that I would be attending. After looking over some of the
> Corvairs in the car park I walked to a Subway restaurant near the host hotel
> and enjoyed some food with my Australia flag firmly rolled up.
>
> I appreciate very much that those running this event do this work unpaid,
> but I really feel that the above could have been handled a lot better. I am
> proud to be a member of CORSA but being treated like this was not nice after
> investing well over $10,000 in travel expenses and travelling half way
> around the world.
>
> Anyway I will in time forget this, and in fairness I have received an
> apology from CORSA but I think Denver will be my last CORSA convention.
>
> On a positive note is was great to catch up with everyone and I
> particularly appreciated Timothy Shortle coming up to me with a hand shake
> and a welcome to the USA.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Carl Kelsen
> RHD 1965 Corvair Monza
> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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