<VV> Corsa Membership

[Tareece at aol.com]

Bob.. I don't know about you...But the age of the classic CORSA member will 
be around 120 by the time 2050 rolls around. 
       If its only 400 since 2000, fine...But the members will age out and 
the vehicles will crumble way before your 2050. I am saying that without a 
concentrated effort to reenergize the club and appeal to others to replace the 
core, the club is doomed to an accelerated membership loss over the next 5-10 
years (these dates are arbitary and surely not scientifically based seeing how I 
don't have the actual demographic information for the club at large). But they 
can be arrived at by the logical conclusions from the apparent ages of 
individuals populating local clubs, pictures published in 'Que, and common freekin' 
sense.
     Most of the charter members of CORSA were well into their 30's (My Dad 
was 45 when he helped organize CORSA NC and Classic Corvairs of WS) in the 
founding decade of the 70's...Add 30 for the time elapsed to the present day and 
thats a population of 60-75 year olds.
     Not exactly the demographics that a hobby club would look to if they 
envisioned long term survival (not to even ponder growth).
     And surely the club will die even with a valiant effort for increased 
membership. Parts and car viability will see that the club will be relegated to 
just a few examples of our favorite make. 
    I think we are on the same page Bob as far as coming up with ways to keep 
CORSA viable. BUt again, when a west coast vendor had 20,000 member customer 
list (back in 2000), it speaks poorly of CORSA  in either a marketing area, or 
in a benefits to cost perception when they can muster just 5000 members.
    


Todd Reece
65 Monza Convert


In a message dated 2/3/2005 7:35:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, BobHelt writes:

Also the membership in CORSA has been on a downward path for many years. 
Probably won't go to zero at this rate until around 2050.
Regards,
Bob Helt