<VV> local meetings

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Bob,

FoC only holds "business" meetings in January and February, when the
weather is usually too bad to tour (particularly in Corvairs in the salt
belt). Then is when we plan the year's calandar of events and tours, with
various people hosting each month. December is when we have our Christmas
party and election of officers. IF there is any business to come before the
club during the year, it's handled quickly while everyone is 'round the
table (we finish each tour at a restaurant). It all works out very well, as
the club lives up to its name (FRIENDS of Corvair). Actually, we're more
like family.

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: <VV> local meetings
>
> >My local club, Friends of Corvair, doesn't have a problem with that. We
> >avoid the "meeting" problem because we're a touring club, and spend most
of
> >the year having tours instead of having boring meetings. Hence, our club
> >membership has always been strong, with above-average (usually about 50%
of
> >the membership) attendance for our monthly events. Which all goes to
prove
> >that if you do interesting things, people WILL come.
>
> Well, you could try interesting meetings instead of boring ones <grin>
>
> Seriously, Mark, without meetings how does the "business" of the club 
> get taken care of?  Are these matters entrusted to the officers?  How 
> do you have elections?  And so on.
>
> My local club switched from monthly business meetings to quarterly 
> business meetings a few years ago, with monthly activities and events 
> as you suggest.  But we seem to think that the quarterly business 
> meetings are important, to permit the members to have input, so I am 
> curious as to how you handle it there in Ohio.
>
> --Bob
>