<VV> VINTAGE CORSA MEETING CHANGE MAKES HEADLINES!

[Louis Armer]

Very Good.......................makes a membership chairman's heart 
flutter rapidly !!! ;-)
Corvairly,
Chuck Armer
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At 08:35 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote:
>At a time when we're seeing plenty of discussion about Corvair club
>membership challenges, I thought I'd share some good news with you...
>
>Long story short, after many years of stagnant/declining membership and
>consistently low meeting attendance, last month Vintage Corsa finally
>said goodbye to the after-hours bank and public library meeting rooms
>and moved to our new location at a Dave & Busters restaurant located in
>a popular outdoor shopping mall in the heart of Orange County.  Wow,
>what a concept to move our car club meetings to a fun location where we
>can actually show off our cars!
>
>Centrally-located and freeway friendly, D&B enthusiastically welcomed
>us, providing a reserved parking area (including a display parking spot
>under the main entrance awning), a nicely-appointed meeting room w
>personal food & beverage service, raffle prizes, video games, pool, etc,
>and even marquee and in-restaurant TV recognition.  It's been great.
>For comparison purposes, our final library meeting in January netted the
>usual 4 Corvairs and maybe 20 members.  At our February kickoff meeting
>at D&B we had 16 Corvairs and around 45 attendees.  Knowing that we had
>pushed hard to invite members and surrounding clubs to attend this new
>location launch, we were a little apprehensive about our next meeting,
>which was held last night.  After all, maybe the big turnout was just a
>result of the hype.  Well, last night the numbers increased another 50%
>as we had 24 Corvairs and around 65 attendees, clearly a sign that the
>word is getting out!  We had guests and Corvairs show up that I'd never
>seen before, and we had 2 guests join the club on the spot specifically
>citing the new location as the main reason.  Bottom line, this change of
>venue has been tremendous so far, exceeding everyone's expectations.
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>At the same time, I also put together a local media email-list to try
>and generate some PR for the club, asking for their support to include
>us on their community calendars and inviting them to check out our club
>and new meeting location.  Holy cow, a photographer actually showed up
>at last night's meeting, snapping a bunch of pictures and talking with
>several members.  The attached article was posted on their website today
>and they're scheduled to run additional pieces in 2 local papers next
>week.
>http://www.ocregister.com/news/club-orange-month-1994410-thursday-corvai
>rs .
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>Maybe our meetings follow the 1st rule of real estate...LOCATION
>LOCATION LOCATION.
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>Vairy Best,
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>Rod Murray
>
>PR & Web Rep
>
>Vintage Corsa "Orange County's Official Corvair Club"
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>www.VintageCorsa.com <http://www.vintagecorsa.com/>
>
>'66 Monza Convt, '64 Greenbrier
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CORSA Tri-membership Chairman
CORSA Member
Corvanatics Member
Corvair Atlanta Director
SECC Member
1965 Corsa Coupe
1964 Greenbrier
1965 Corsa Autocross car 1/2 owner
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