<VV> Re: Dues Increase

[BBRT]

Absolutely right!

Chuck S
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From: <Vairtec at optonline.net>


> Listmember boB wrote that the cost of CORSA dues is not something that can 
> be compared to other expenditures (such as my example or a tank of gas), 
> but instead has to do with the value provided by CORSA relative to the 
> price of the dues.
>
> boB further explained that for him the value was not sufficient, by 
> pointing out that the current (convention issue) of the Communique was of 
> little interest to him.  This does not answer whether the other eleven 
> issues per year are also of little interest to him, but it appears that we 
> can safely assume that they are not.
>
> Obviously, the perceived value is a personal matter -- everyone's sense of 
> value is different.
>
> The Communique remains the most visible and certainly the most tangible 
> "benefit of membership."  And in one sense this is unfortunate, because it 
> tends to obscure all the other things that people ought to see as "value 
> provided by CORSA."
>
> This forum is one.  CORSA supports it.  No, CORSA did not start it, 
> individual persons did, but even before VV moved to CORSA's server there 
> was a genuine relationship between VV and CORSA.  Some will argue that the 
> relationship is the opposite, that VV supports CORSA, and this is true in 
> the sense that VV generates interest in CORSA.  But today, without CORSA, 
> VV would be hosted where?  by whom?  at what cost?
>
> Insurance is another.  Many persons dismiss this by saying things such as 
> "I don't belong to a chapter, anyway," or "I don't go to shows."  I find 
> this to be a rather selfish position.  I think of CORSA not as a car club, 
> but as a support group -- we all help each other by sticking together. 
> Your dues help those who do belong to chapters and go to shows.  Their 
> dues support things that you may like but they don't, such as race track 
> events.
>
> Web space is another.  CORSA chapters are free to place their web sites on 
> CORSA's server, a great boon to local Corvair communities.  Here again, 
> some people bring up the "I'm not part of a chapter" argument, but the 
> point is that CORSA is serving local interests as well as national 
> interests.
>
> These and similar "hidden" benefits, hidden by the high visibility of the 
> Communique, are where I very much perceive value in CORSA.  CORSA of 
> course cannot be all things to all people, and I am certainly not going to 
> be one to argue that CORSA is perfect.  And so each must make their own 
> judgment about the value of membership, as boB is doing.  But I urge all 
> persons to not overlook the many facets that make the existence of CORSA 
> worthwhile and the continued health of CORSA to be in the best interests 
> of everyone.
>
> --Other Bob