<VV> Corsa/CPF - "Donations" - Long - but worth reading

[Mark Corbin]

Seth,

Could you please translate this to English, without all the Russian letters
interspersed throughout it?

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> Corsa/CPF - "Donations" - Long - but worth reading
>
> The  following is from my 2004 - Directors turn at the wheel column in
the  
> Communique:
>  
>  CPF  and Corsa have always had a strange relationship, and probably
always 
> will. I  have viewed it kind of a marriage. Like a marriage, both
partners rely 
> on each  other for many things, but also have to maintain their own
identity. 
> My view is  that CPF is more “Corvair Car” oriented and Corsa is more
“
> Corvair People”  oriented. In reality, the Corvair Car will live on
well past the 
> lifetime of any  Corsa member alive today. (Strange thought, eh?) That is
why 
> the focus of CPF  must be the transference of Corvair knowledge from
Corvair 
> people to an entity  that will outlive them. That entity is CPF. The
Corvair “
> Society” of America  is really about the “Society”. The awards
given out at our 
> international  Conventions are really given out to the 
> owners/preparers/drivers that are  attending. Yes, it is a Corvair that
they use to express their 
> preparation or  driving skills, but it is the person’s effort that is
being 
> rewarded. Of course,  there wouldn’t have been a Corvair in the first
place 
> without a lot of  individual people’s efforts as well. That effort, and
the reality 
> of the design  and production of the Corvair is what CPF is all about.
Another 
> reason that I  view the Corsa/CPF relationship as a marriage is that
there 
> are disagreements.  Sometimes, the “Car” focus of CPF and the
“People” focus 
> of Corsa can cause  conflicting goals. A reasonable example is the
display of 
> CPF property. CPF  looks at a display as a method of engendering interest
in 
> the Corvair car, so  that the Museum and the archives can gain more
interest 
> within the automotive  world, and, perhaps more contributions, both
monetary and 
> data, for the  archives, but has to protect the Corvair memorabilia. 
Corsa 
> looks at display of the CPF  property as a way to gain interest in Corsa,
and 
> maybe increase membership in  the society. Of course sometimes an effort,
like 
> the display of the Super Monza,  can reward both goals, but not always.
That 
> day-to-day, or, at least  year-to-year juggling of the Corsa/CPF balance
is just 
> one thing that makes life  on the Corsa/CPF Board of directors
interesting.  
> (end  of column quote)
>  
> So  there is good reasoning  behind the perceived "conflict" both in 
> attention  and dollars. Corvair people need to keep the future of both in
mind. Corsa, 
> as a  "current member" organization should be responsible for the future
of 
> Corsa. We  need to make sure there is a Communique coming every month and
a 
> Convention each  year for the foreseeable future. (And insurance, etc.)
That cost 
> should not be  born except by dues and Corsa income, such as merchandise 
> sales. Sponsors are  okay, but donations, although appreciated, should be
looked 
> at for  "intent". If someone wants to perpetuate the memory of John Q.
Member, 
> who loved  his Corvair and the concept/heritage of the Corvair, (through
a 
> donation)  that money should go to CPF, because that is the heritage of
the 
> Corvair car. If  someone loved the Concours competition so much that they
wanted to 
> support it at  the Convention each year, that money should go to Corsa 
> because it is people  oriented. 
> For  CPF, we all need to take the longer view. As you may see in an
upcoming  
> "Directors Turn", efforts are being made to help fund CPF through car  
> oriented donations. I hope that this will inspire folks to remember both
the car  
> and the Corsa organization.  
>  
> Of  course, all of the above is only my opinion! - Seth Emerson 
>