<VV> <CORSA Chapters> Membership question -- 100% vs Not

[Gary Swiatowy]

While all this hand wringing and arguements are going on.
Why has no-one asked the big question?
Where is the money going?
Why are we going broke?

Yes, there are basic financial statements buried in the communique.
But has anyone, in layman's terms explained where the money goes?

Yes, the communique is an expense, but recent dues increase should cover 
that.
Has the clubs insurance gone up through the roof?
That is the big issue regarding chapters. Well how much does this insurance 
cost per year?

I assume, the big expense is the Convention.
I have reason to beleive that these may be operating at a loss basis.
Can anyone confirm that? Do they make a profit or not?

Instead of telling us simply CORSA is broke, we need to fix it.

Give us the reasons!

Then we can make the decision.

Gary Swiatowy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Marlow" <Vairtec at optonline.net>
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Membership question -- 100% vs Not


> At 04:02 PM 12/16/2009, Bruce Schug wrote:
>
>>I'm amazed at those who think mandatory CORSA membership would
>>destroy their chapter. I can't fathom that. What's wrong with this
>>picture? Why wouldn't their members support CORSA?
>
>
> First, I don't think such a require would "destroy" my local chapter
> -- but it sure would hurt it!  Why?  Simply because we would lose
> members.  Roughly a third of our local membership does not belong to
> CORSA; if it became a requirement a good number of them would choose
> instead to drop out of the chapter. End result, CORSA has more
> members, chapter has fewer.
>
> The reason for this is rooted in the famous observation that "all
> politics is local."  There are those people whose interest in the
> hobby is fulfilled via the local club, and have no interest in a
> national or international club.  We can do all the salesmanship we
> want, but we simply will not get all those people.
>
> So, again, a requirement for chapters to have100% membership in CORSA
> will enhance CORSA's membership numbers at the expense of the
> chapters' membership numbers.
>
> Which is why I set off the bomb on VV about reciprocity.
>
> In truth, the solution I prefer is
>
> "Chapters" -- local clubs that maintain 100% CORSA membership
>
> "Affilliates" -- local clubs that do not maintain 100% CORSA
> membership, but which pay a fee for insurance coverage et al
>
> "Local Corvair clubs" -- unrelated to CORSA.
>
> --Bob
>
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