<VV> Corsa Membership

[Tareece at aol.com]

Vair-ites,
   Below are the most recent collection of ideas submitted to rescue or 
revitalize the CORSA Club membership totals....
    They echo the same ideas that were submitted with respect and courtesy 
from this very forum when I was Chapter Plan Chair back in 1999-2000 
(thereabouts). 
    After seeing that submitted ideas were greeted with indifference and 
excuses by the pros in the know, I made the comment that at the present rate that 
the base demographic members were exiting the club that the club would end up 
down for the count within 10 years.....
     Four years later and we're still where we were.   

Todd Reece
65 Monza Convert



In a message dated 2/3/2005 5:58:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:
So, here are some of my ideas of ways to improve visibility of the Corvair:
1. Articles in the popular car press.  This will take some work, but there
may be some magazines looking for fresh material.
2. Encourage people to attend "mixed" car shows and provide them with an
information packet on both the Corvair and Corsa.  You have to get them
interested in the Corvair before they're interested in Corsa.  A stack of
"About the Corvair" handouts sitting next to a really nice Corvair would be
quite popular I'd wager.
3. Update the Corsa web presence (it's really dated).  Two suggestions here:
1) Put up a Corsa-sponsored forum.  stevesnovasite.com is an excellent
example.  The site was developed and maintained by Steve, but it's sponsored
by National Nostalgic Nova and also supported by donations.  2) Develop a
Corvair resource site.  Two examples here are novaresource.org and
miata.net.  With the latter, checkout the reviews section and the garage
section.

I also belong the National Nostalgic Novas and their monthly magazine is no
better than Corsa, so I don't think the magazine is nearly as important as
visibility through articles, car shows, and the web.  I think the latter is
really important if you want to attract younger people.  Btw, the folks on
Stevesnovasite.com range from old geezers like me (65) to kids just old
enough to have a driver's license.  And, contrary to popular opinion, not
all the Nova people are into high performance -- they just like old cars.

Look around at the marques that are successful and steal some of their
ideas.

Dave Keillor