<VV> Re: Communique & CORSA Membership

[Mike Kost]

Well said Bob!! I have not had the time (or money) to be directly involved on a continuing national basis but 
I have been a member since 1980. I think 2 members of my local club holding positions in CORSA is sufficient. 
I do talk regularly with Robert Landers and Bill Pierson and have been to quit a few conventions (including 
Ontario, CA) and helped to make the St. Louis convention and mini-convention possible. There are many ways to 
support CORSA including just being a member of CORSA and active in your local club. Having been the newsletter 
editor for Show-Me Corvair Club for over 10 years (while the kids were younger) I understand where Harry is 
coming from when he says he can only print what he gets. It is not the editor's (or publisher's) job to create 
content. It is their job to make it fit within the publication format and look as good as possible. I think 
that Harry and Mike do a pretty good job with what they have.

Mike Kost
Show-Me Corvair Club

Dr. Robert Hill wrote:
> Even though I have had many differences with some of the folks within CORSA,
> I keep my membership if for no other reason, to try to ensure CORSA has a
> future.  It is the ONLY national organization dedicated tot he Corvair and I
> believe it is in the best interest for Corvair owners to support this
> organization.
> 
> I know I will get flamed for what I am about to say but so be it.  Corvair
> owners are going to have stop being so dang cheap that they won't spend $35
> to support the organization that supports the car they enjoy.  (For every
> collector car I own that has an organization dedicated to it I have a
> membership in that organization.  Half the time I never even read the
> magazine they send out or at best I only glance through it so obviously I
> don't join for the publication.)  Corvair owners are going to have to stop
> asking "what's in it for me?" and start asking "what can I do to make it a
> better organization?"   If you want a better CORSA, become an ACTIVE
> member - and active doesn't mean being a whiner.  It means stepping up to
> the plate and participating.  Spend as much energy helping as you do
> complaining.  Yes, I was a Board member and yes I quit before my term was up
> and if I had to do it over I would not have quit - why? Because I can make a
> difference sitting back complaining and I am being somewhat hypocritical by
> doing so.  I realize I will most likely never get to be active in CORSA (I
> pissed too many folks off :-)  ) but if given an opportunity, I would help
> however I could because if we Corvair owners don't help, we are the losers.
> 
> I think Harry does a great job on t he magazine.  While I would like to see
> changes in how CORSA does things, I still support the officers.  No one says
> you have to agree with them 100% to support them.  And if you don't like the
> way they do things, join CORSA, run for the BoD and make a difference.  But
> quit your whining if you are going to do anything but whine!
> 
> There - flame me all you want now :-)
> 
> Bob


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