<VV> Fw: Dues Increase - Now What ???

[henry kaczmarek]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "henry kaczmarek" <kaczmarek at charter.net>
To: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Dues Increase - Now What ???


>I told the BoD that I couldn't understand who they wanted to lose...Chapter 
>members who aren't paying dues to CORSA or those that are?
>
> They lose one in December. I won't subsidize the CORSA benefits for those 
> who refuse to pay CORSA dues.
>
> I can afford to pay the increase---it's not the money.  It's that just 
> like some in our Capitol, our directors have made the decision to raise 
> dues on its members, yet not require all members of appendant chapters not 
> to be CORSA members, as many chapters and CORSA NC has done.
>
> Right now all I feel I'm getting  for my dues is the magazine, which I 
> would still buy on subscription if it was offered that way.
>
>     There could be a market of Corvair owners out there who NEVER intend 
> to join CORSA but wouldn't mind seeing the magazine, and pay for that 
> privilige.  If you check with Cal and Lon, you'll find the number of 
> people on their mailing list is considerably larger than the membership of 
> CORSA.
>
> But that keeps getting past SOME of the directors of the club.
>
> You can get several magazine subscriptions and still be under 45.00   So 
> what my good friend Bob Helt said about benefit/price has legs to stand 
> on.
>
> Hank
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <corsabod at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:27 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Dues Increase - Now What ???
>
>
>> Okay, the temporary fix is in place.  I'm not saying it is a great fix, 
>> just that it does seem necessary at the moment.  Our board now needs to 
>> get down to figuring out what to do before next year when they'll need 
>> another temporary fix, if no other measures are implemented.
>