<VV> CORSA SHORTFALLS (out of place , but?)

[henry kaczmarek]

Tim
The Greensboro NC detachment of the Marine Corps League is hosting the 2010 
MCL national convention.

This month began the 1st of 2 "reverse draw raffles" to finance the event.

480 tickets sold @100.00 each. Up to 4 people can put their name on a 
ticket.  All stubs are drawn. Every 20th ticket drawn wins 100.00, last 
ticket drawn wins 10,000.00!  Net profit        Times 2 annual raffles- will 
be enough to finance the entire convention.

Let's see how many of these "Double the Dues, it's worth it" people would be 
willing to buy 100.00 raffle tickets to re-float the club

I've not posted on V V my .02 re dues increases.

Over  20 years I've been a member of 4 different CORSA chapters.
I've sat next to people in meetings that REFUSED to join CORSA, but still 
got all the benefits of the club.

So for the guys in Ned's Chapter and others, I'm done paying dues to CORSA 
so chapter members who are parasitic and refuse to join can get a free ride.

To Chris Mann---Give me the name of any national club of ANY kind that lets 
members join a local chapter without paying dues to the national sponsoring 
organization.  I talk to over 400 car enthusiasts every week as part of my 
job, and many talk about their clubs.  Never heard of a national Car club 
that says  you can join their appendant chapter without either join the 
national or having a percentage of your dues sent to them.

CORSA has great people.  But until all of the chapter members decide to join 
CORSA, or the chapters change their by-laws to require it,  this is my last 
year.

Ned--your chapter member's argument that they should get for free what 
others in the group pay for?   That I'd like to hear the justification for. 
As I see it, there just isn't one.

Hank


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> my only first thoughts are : how about modifying the way we pay out after
> conventions , pay expenses and shorten up the "profit sharing". yes this 
> hurts
> the local putting it on , but it might be the sacrifice needed to help
> survive.  i am not saying "do it for nothing" , but maybe shorten up the 
> windfall
> profit? it aint easy out there for any of us , especially the "fixed 
> income,
> retired " bunch of us .i think  some of the more successful conventions 
> could
> have saved us by now with a few simple changes in how money is handled  , 
> to
> roll with the punches.
> it will take serious painful belt tightening at ALL levels to survive  as 
> a
> club.
> yes to fund raisers at all levels!
> regards, tim colson   just lurkin from the snow  belt
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