<VV> 2007 convention

[Kent Sullivan]

I'm from Indiana originally. They have finally admitted that they are
mid-East, not mid-West, by joining EST/EDT as of yesterday... I may start a
movement to adopt the use of the term mid-East for that section of the
country. :-)

I think the term mid-West is leftover from when there were not yet 48
contiguous states... You know, when Minnesota was the Northwest.

It seems reasonable on the surface to re-divide CORSA more evenly,
geographically speaking, but the population density in the West (except for
the coast and the SW) is too low to make it practical. Unless we wanted a
lot more divisions than we have now or were OK with the membership numbers
being even more lopsided than they are now. (The Western division is by far
the smallest.) The reason that matters, potentially, is having enough
candidate clubs in each division to host a convention.

--Kent
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Subject: <VV> 2007 convention

Geography lesson:  Detroit is on the Detroit River, not Lake Erie (yuk, yuk)
Actually Detroit is closer to Lake St. Clair than Lake Erie.
Even more technical info:  The convention is in Sterling Heights, 15 miles
north of downtown Detroit.  Some of the tours may go into or thru Detroit
but for the most part the convention will be "out in the suburbs".
There will also be drag racing and NECC road racing the weekend before the
convention.  Road racing and autocross at Waterford Hills Racetrack and drag
racing probably at Milan Dragway.
I can sympathize with folks living on the west coast.  I never could figure
out why they call Michigan the "midwest".  The central part of the country
is North Dakota to Texas.  The midwest should be Montana to Arizona.  In any
case Buffalo, NY is in the eastern division and Michigan is in the central
division.  Lobby CORSA to change it!
Clark Hartzel, drag race chairman and rally chairman

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