<VV> future of CORSA

[J R Read_HML]

Aren't you like - 30 something?  What makes you think you've got the 
answers?

Listen to this guy folks.  He is (sick pun intended) dead right!

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Rodriguez III" <ravensong13 at verizon.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> future of CORSA


> Alright.... I have to ask....
>
>
> What is CORSA spending all it's money on?
>
> I understand the communique is the biggest cost.....    how much does it 
> actually cost to produce and mail the magazine per copy each year after 
> the income from ad's offsetting some of the costs?  I mean... can it 
> really be consuming THAT big a hunk of our dues?
>
> Now....   once you take the cost of the Communique and subtract that from 
> the dues per member what is left?  What is this remainder being spent on?
>
> If we could see where the money is going we might be in a better position 
> to make suggestions.
>
> One last comment....  membership is GOING to decline at a pretty high rate 
> for a long while....  most of our members are umm.....  chronologically 
> challenged......  and you have to face it.....  Corvairs are not going to 
> attract enough interest from younger generations to offset the folks we 
> are losing every year to age.  We need to do a better job attracting new 
> members.. but there is no way we are going to attract THAT many.  This 
> being the case we are going to have to spend what dues we still collect on 
> the things that are most important to keeping CORSA alive and attractive 
> to enthusiasts.
>
>
> Ray Rodriguez III
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