<VV> Re: Questions

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Smitty and other CORSA members,
 
The BOD meeting in Detroit was my first, so I can't comment on the amount  of 
work we did relative to other meeting. I though the meeting was productive  
and informative.  To address the specific questions...
 
- What was accomplished by the BOD this year?
The BOD has a e-mail group just like VV. We are nearly constantly  discussing 
all manner of subjects. As with the annual meeting, we even  vote via e-mail. 
There have been many things that we have done since I  joined the BOD in 
June. The big things are reported in the Communique and the  annual meeting 
minutes will also be published.

- Marketing? 
- Membership Marketing?
The marketing of CORSA and the benefits of membership were addressed. This  
happens to be one of my pet projects for my time on the board. I happen to feel 
 that CORSA is a great asset to every Corvair owner. As with any 
organization, it  really is what you make of it. Mike and Harry offered to print up copies 
of  the "Top Ten Reasons" (see CORSA web site) on one side of a flyer and 
either  print chapter info on the other side or allow the chapters to print their 
own  info. These flyers can then be handed out at club events to interested,  
potential members. My push for chapter web sites is also a form of marketing. 
 You'll be reading more about this when it's my Turn at The Wheel.

- Publicity?
We talked about exposure in the "General Automotive" press. Grassroots  
Motorsports would be a great place to start since the owners have a Spyder.  I 
think you'll see more ads in the near future. It all depends on  funding.

- CORSA Merchandise?
What about the merchandise? After 6 years of some great work, Debbie Pleau  
has stepped down and the chair. Something about Dennis retiring and them moving 
 to CA. During Debbie's time, CORSA has done very well with merchandise 
sales. We  introduced several new shirts and the ultra-cool "grill badge". Do you 
have one?  I do and I saw several on cars in Detroit, very stylish.

- CORSA website improvements to the web site and improvements or  assistance 
to chapters?
Harry continues to make improvements to the CORSA site. The new "members"  
section is great and will soon be better. I'm very excited about the changes  
we'll see in the near future. As far as assistance to chapters, are we still  
talking about web sites? If so, you're really cutting into my first Turn at the  
Wheel, but I'll leak some more. I have been working on a simple web site  
tutorial. It's just the basics, nothing fancy. My hope is that it will remove  
some of the mystery in setting up simple web pages. I also have an  Excel macro 
(if you know me, you're laughing now) that will write simple  html pages. 
Right now it's geared for our club web site, but I plan to make it  more generic 
for others to use. I'm also trying to put together a group of CORSA  web page 
"experts" that could help answer questions that chapters might have. I  still 
have lots of planning and begging to do before that happens, but you can  see 
the direction we're going.
 
I hope that answers your questions. I would invite all members to contact  
their CORSA directors with questions. Their contact info can be found on the  
CORSA web site and the Communique. You can also ask Harry and Mike questions,  
they won't bite, much :^). If you ask questions on VV you should also get  
answers too. There are several directors on this list. I'll always do my best to  
answer the questions I can and find the answers I don't know.

Ned  Madsen
CORSA Central Division Director
MCCA President for Life
GoNed  Race Team
1966 Corsa coupe 140/4sp
1965 500 sedan  95/PG




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