<VV> Survey (Russ Moorhouse)

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

> <>That's why web address where the survey resides and people can down 
> load it and send it in has been posted multiple times. We want input 
> from everyone. Please don't imply at any time we only want people who 
> agree with us to reply.


I'm not the one that is implying it -- I'm saying flat out that if CORSA 
wants non-member input, quit hiding the, as Harry refers to it, "the 
member survey" in a non-public area of the CORSA website -- when CORSA 
(not individual board members) wants to stop implying that it is a 
"member-only survey", then I will stop interpreting it as such.

>The BoD has only good intentions and we want to learn from this survey.  Please don't imply we want anything else.  
>
I really believe that individual board members each only have good 
intentions and the best interest of the Corvair hobby at heart.  But 
sometimes, and this may be one of those, it isn't those collective good 
intentions that come forth, but a different pack mentality that is 
actually somewhat typical of small administrative boards where somehow 
the sight of the true goal is lost amid the collective flurry of egos 
and action, sometimes aka politics.

Tim wrote:
 >
CORSA is a car club. And most car clubs I have been a member, the car 
isimportant but the people are the real focus; a group of car people, 
and for <>CORSA, Corvair people gathered to help each other enjoy their 
hobby. In  general, car people are a great lot.

And I agree -- most all small clubs, and even people in general, tend to 
be good folks with common interests, whether it is cars, sports, cats, 
dogs, whatever.  But it does seem that when there are prestigious awards 
on the line, egos tend to get a bit touchy -- dog and horse shows do 
somehow come to mind, so maybe it is the money involved. Did any NASCAR 
drivers flare up at Daytona?  "Competition brings out the best", and worst.

I wrote in a private reply to Harry, "The higher the pedestal you place 
the Corvair on in your publications, the more unattainable it looks to 
the younger set that may want to become interested."  Maybe people need 
to be the focus -- would you like to be friends with this guy rather 
than look at what a great car this guy built.

One of the great things about this text only forum we have here, we have 
words to use to form our opinions of each other, and as such, this is a 
pretty great community based on a very level playing field.  The guys 
setting around in the garage after the day's work is done, shooting the 
bull, is a very apt description.  You don't need glitzy publications, 
conventions, nor dues for that to happen.  The organization itself 
should not be the end-all, but the glue that holds the folks together.

Bill Strickland