<VV> Vintage Chevy Club

[Mike Jacobi]

The magic word is "TANSTAAFL"

(there aint no such thing as a free lunch...someone always has to pick up
the tab)

Mike in a snowdrift in Michigan


On 1/30/09 3:53 PM, "kaczmarek at charter.net" <kaczmarek at charter.net> wrote:

> Wayne---
> Why?
> 
> Do they think themselves better than you?  It is ludicrous to think you can
> belong to a local chapter of a national club and pay the national no dues.
> Who do they think they are?  They can afford 10K to restore a car and can't
> afford to join CORSA?
> 
> The whole train of thought that you can belong to a CORSA sanctioned chapter
> and not be a CORSA member is idiotic on it's face.  If your club puts on an
> event covered by CORSA insurance, are they allowed to participate?  If so,
> they get a free ride on my dues, and yours.  There's no justification for
> that. 
> 
> One of the reasons this nation is circling the bowl as we speak is because of
> the 
> SOMETHING FOR NOTHING concept.
> 
> in 6 years of working in a jailhouse, the only program EVERY TV is tuned to at
> the same time is The Price is Right---because you can walk in off the street
> and get SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.  And that's where the criminal mind is at.
> 
> CORSA chapter members who don't belong to CORSA get SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
> But not on MY dime anymore.
> 
> Hank
> 
> ---- Wayne.Stutts at comcast.net wrote:
>> I am well aware of  that.  I have almost lost friends over my attempts to get
>> local members to join Corsa.
>> 
>> However, by my definition a member of a local Corvair club and not a paid
>> member of Corsa is not a member of Corsa.
>> 
>> Likewise, a paid member of Corsa does not become a local  member until he
>> pays dues to the local club.
>> 
>> In my city if we pass the rule requiring Corsa membership we will lose 50% or
>> more of the membership.  I don,t like or agree but it is a fact I can not
>> change.
>> 
>> -------------- Original message --------------
>> From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
>> 
>>> Wayne-we have members in many CORSA chapters who pay dues to the chapter,
>>> but 
>>> don't pay any CORSA dues. There is no requirement in those chapters that
>>> their 
>>> members be members of CORSA.
>>> 
>>> I guess they think they're "Special".
>>> 
>>> CORSA/NC chapters require proof of CORSA membership before you can join a
>>> chapter, and your CORSA member ID when you renew.
>>> 
>>> 2 Simple changes to CORSA By-Laws is all that is required.
>>> 1. All members of appendant CORSA Chapters must be members of CORSA.
>>> 2. In any event when there is a Conflict between the CORSA national By-Laws
>>> and 
>>> those of any appendant chapter, the CORSA By-Laws take precedence.
>>> 
>>> So if a chapter's by-laws don't require membership in CORSA, they'll have to
>>> change them. 
>>> 
>>> As we hear a lot of today on the news, it's all about "Fairness", and
>>> spreading 
>>> the wealth around.
>>> 
>>> Hank 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---- Wayne.Stutts at comcast.net wrote:
>>>> You are not a member of any club unless you pay dues!
>>>> Wayne 
>>> 
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