<VV> Membership question -- 100% vs Not.

[Mel Francis]

I did visit their site, here it is slightly edited, to work a bit better;
http://www.rivowners.org/

One thing you'll notice immediately, is that their fast-loading home page
has a wealth of info immediately and it takes you directly to their forum.

CORSA needs to rework their website the same way, with links to the new
Corvair Forum http://www.corvairforum.com/forum/index.php
Scott has done a great job, getting it up and running just last week and 
it's filling with
content quickly. It's photo-intensive, which will draw the younger crowd 
easily.
Drop on over, to add your own experiences, input and photos. Photos of your 
car,
projects underway or technical photos that can help others diagnose a 
problem
for you. Many of the VV crowd have already joined, so we're all still in 
good company.

We still need the VV forum too, for hard discussion, like this one.

The website and photo-forum are just one of the many things that can be
done to create a stronger CORSA which will draw new members in,
rather than disappoint and turn them away.

Mel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
To: <Virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Membership question -- 100% vs Not.


> mel wrote:
>> How about discussing the effects of CORSA ceasing to exist at all?
>> As I said yesterday, imagine-NO national conventions, NO performance 
>> events,
>> due to NO insurance, NO VV national online forum, NO Communique, etc.
>
> Well, too much is going for free---that's for certain.   Free Insurance 
> for non members, free V V for non members, Free Website classfieds for non 
> members?
>
> go on over to www.rivowners.org---the site of the Riviera owners 
> association.
>
> On the left side of the page you will find a MEMBERS ONLY section, that 
> contains much of the hard information (RPO's, paint charts, etc) as well 
> as a host of other information
>
> At the bottom of the page you'll see this
>
> Attention Members: The current Members Only login and password are 
> published in the lower left corner of page 3 in every issue of the Riview. 
> They change with every issue. They are case sensitive, so be sure to enter 
> them exactly as they appear. You will be prompted for the login info when 
> you click on a link on the Members Only navigation panel.
>
> The Riview is bi-monthly.
>
> Not ONE REASON in the world why CORSA can't do this, other than apathy, or 
> lack of testicular fortitude.
>
> There was a Riviera e-mail list that was run by one of the Canadian 
> members for many years.  He got tired of being called names by people for 
> various reasons and shut it down.   The club now sponsors one on 
> yahoogroups.  But as things get worse in the economy, the ROA Board may 
> find it worthwhile to set up the message board for members only.
>
> No reason that CORSA can't say----Join VV for free for 30 days----If you 
> like it, you have to join the club to stay on.  Other than the 
> aforementioned
>
> Personally, I like the ability to be able to come across a problem, and 
> after talking with local owners, or not----Put it up on VV for opinions 
> from the group. Enough to make me want to remain a CORSA member. And in 15 
> days I won't be---but VV is still free.
>
> CORSA is a non-profit organization, but it has to think about operatiing 
> revenue.
> Non-members would just lose out. Wanna Play? Gotta Pay!  No issue for me, 
> as long as everyone else has to, I'll do my part.
>
> Oftentimes in the military you will hear the phrase "No BA**S, No Glory.
> CORSA has to think in terms of "NO MON----NO FUN".
>
> BoD----Time to grow a pair and sound off like you have them.  Looking at 
> the alternative---losing the Club---Is there really any choice?
>
> Hank
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