<VV> Increasing CORSA's income

Sun Feb 15 07:27:32 EST 2009

Hi Chuck
Ever have any dealings with the BoD "Over the years?"

I had to fight tooth and nail for the BoD to approve the funding for the 
Basics Manual. (which BTW went into the black after less than 90 days and 
has remained a revenue source for CORSA ever since) You were part of that!

One of the Directors had an absolute hissy fit, saying his "Fiduciary 
repsponsibility to CORSA" kept him from supporting it.

This same Ya-Hoo was the driving force behind the purchase of the "CORSA 
Kiosk" that was supposed to bring in dozens of new members.  The result? 
Used infrequently, like at National Concours, and Lon had pieces of the 
thing in his warehouse for several YEARS at one point, nobody even knew 
where the rest of the parts were.  After the General Membership Meeting at 
Daytona I TRIED to corner this director to find out what his malfunction 
was....HE RAN OUT of the room like a scared rabbit, and I couldn't find him 
the rest of the week.

So sorry if I don't approve of the BoD very much, but unlike some I've got 
my reasons. Plus watching how things have gone the last 21 years.

Running for the BoD is  not some act of noble self-sacrifice. And there is 
somewhat of a list of former directors who have successfully run for the 
Board with the intention of "Changing Things". Once they found out the ways 
of the board, like "Let's ignore it and hopefully it will go away", and 
"Maintain status quo at all costs", they get pissed off and leave."

I had lots of correspondence with one new director, trying to advise him 
that unless he's the best consensus builder since George Washington, he's 
not going to get any of his ideas for change past the BoD.  And after one 
term he found out for himself.

Making the board and then sitting there like the rest of the lumps and not 
getting anything substantially changed is not a source for praise from the 
membership. Besides, when was the last time more than 20% of the paid 
members even VOTED.  Worst case of voter apathy ever.

Scott Morehead and I have argued and debated about things in the past 
(mostly off the list).  Scott was one of the directors who told me he 
thought members of CORSA chapters should "have a choice" to become CORSA 
members.  And I told him what I thought about it.  I believe he  voted "NO" 
on the dues increase.
If that is correct, there may be more than we're seeing.

Hank

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Armer" <carmerjr at mindspring.com>
To: <BobHelt at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 1:30 AM
Subject: <VV> Increasing CORSA's income

> Hi Bob, When is the last time you gave a suggestion to the CORSA
> board? I have never seen you post a revenue producing suggestion to
> VV so why not give us a positive revenue suggestion on the list and
> see what the list thinks.
>
> I constantly read posts on this list that condemn the CORSA board
> while assuming that the same individuals are on the board as were
> serving 5, 10 or 15 years ago. The CORSA board is made up of
> individuals like you and me and all the other list subscribers over
> the years. How can we expect CORSA to survive if everyone continues
> to condemn anyone who serves all of us that have interest in the
> survival of CORSA and Corvairs.?
>
> Sincerely,
> Chuck Armer
>
>
>
> At 12:44 AM 2/15/2009, you wrote:
>>
>>In a message dated 2/14/2009 6:21:18 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>>Corvkid50 at aol.com writes:
>>
>>I  haven't seen many ideas on how to
>>boost revenue and membership.
>>
>>
>>Ron,
>>That's probably due to the tendency to ignore any money making suggestions
>>that might require changes to the status quo at CORSA. Over the
>>years, I have
>>offered suggestions to several Directors for possibly increasing  CORSA's
>>revenue and improving the contents of the Communique that  would
>>likely attract
>>additional members (and keep the ones we have). But my  suggestions
>>are ignored
>>and never even discussed or considered. As a result, I  have very little
>>sympathy for the current financial problems at CORSA. Keep  raising
>>the dues and
>>watch the downward membership trajectory.
>>Regards,
>>Bob Helt
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