<VV> clannish....

[D. Barry Ellison]

>From Merriam-Webster online...
 
clan
1 a: a Celtic group especially in the Scottish Highlands comprising a number of households whose heads claim descent from a common ancestor b: a group of people tracing descent from a common ancestor : family
2: a group united by a common interest or common characteristics
 
Although I somewhat agree with JR, that some newbies are not always welcomed with open arms, actually pushed away, I will take the term "clannish" in regards to family, as a compliment.
Barry in SC "Proud to be a usually-welcomed newbie and member of some great Corvair families"
 
<there's always a grouch here/there in every group>
 
<there's only ONE SC, and it ain't Southern California!!!>
> Subject: <VV> clannish....> > I've been trying to stay away from this, but can't keep silent any longer.> > Look WITHIN the group and note that "newbies" don't always get a warm> welcome from the "oldbies".> > I recall leaving my first convention early - along with another guy. We> felt like outsiders.> > Later, I went back (different convention) and eventually became more> comfortable as I met more folks. The other guy did not. He still has a> Corvair but does not attend any of the functions.> > All that I'm really trying to say is that we need (as individuals and as a> group) to find ways to be more friendly within the Corvair community as well> as with the owners of other marks.> > Off soapbox now.> > Later, JR> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>> To: <Sethracer at aol.com>; <corvair65 at verizon.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:10 PM> Subject: Re: <VV> Mainstreaming> > > > I've always responded to the question of why there were so few Corvairs at> > multi-make shows by saying that Corvair people tend to be clannish. No> > snobbery or cultism about it. Just clannish.> >> > -Mark> >> >>