<VV> CORSA Support

Tue Jun 2 10:25:34 EDT 2009

Al, thanks for the insight. Reference the list you gave. Seems to me you 
have done about all you can with limited resources. You do Need a 
Media/Publicity Director to coordinate and "Do".
It appears, our CORSA Chapter Officers Forum, club webmasters/newsletter 
editors, and CORSA BOD aren't passing the word.  Maybe I am a bit critical, 
but seems like if individual CORSA BOD officer/members aren't interested, 
they ignore/give little support or attention to an event.
Example: the Mitty. Sarah was the only BOD member to support it. The 
applicable Regional Directors didn't sound off  nor attend the Corvair Car 
Corral or event (as I understand the attendance list).  Hell, Chuck Armer 
got almost 20 cars paying to play in the Corvair Corral  at a really big 
event-car show at the track. Oustanding publicity for Corvairs but CORSA was 
nowhere to be seen.

Chuck S
BBRT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Lacki" <redbat01 at aol.com>
To: <fastvair at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:17 AM
Subject: [fastvair] Re: Roebling Road Time Trials.

> Dan Gianotti's posting includes a number of good suggestions for
> improving interest in NECC events.  To advance this discussion, I'd
> like to provide some insight on what NECC has already done - to take
> stock - so that we can concentrate on areas where improvement can be made.
>
>
> This year, I have been involved in broadcasting our event schedule,
> maintaining the NECC website, and timing at the track.  I have also
> attended recent NECC board meetings.  I'll limit my comments to
> those activities.
>
>
> It is true that NECC needs a volunteer to handle publicity.  The
> NECC by-laws call for the appointment of a Publicity Director.
> Brian O'Neill has been asking for a volunteer to step up to the
> plate for a long time.  This has been a topic of conversation at
> several NECC board meetings.  But so far, nobody has volunteered to
> be the Publicity Director.  If we could find such a person, this
> would be a great asset to the club.
>
>
> But even without such a person, NECC did quite a bit to
> publicize BeaveRun and Roebling Road for 2009.  Our efforts to
> broadcast our event schedule go way beyond the NECC website.  Here
> is a list of places where we have posted our event schedule for 2009:
>
>
> Fastvairs  (multiple times)
> Corvair Center Forum (multiple times)
> Virtual Vairs  (multiple times)
> BeaveRun track website
> Roebling Road track website
> Grass Roots Motorsports website
> MyTrackSchedule.com website
> TrackSchedule.com website
> MyAutoEvents website
> Vintage Racing League website
> Motortopia website
> Hemmings website
> CORSA Chapter Officers forum
> CORSA Communique ads
> Corvair club webmasters and newsletter editors
> Drivers from past NECC events
> Various northeastern sports car clubs
> Etc.
>
>
> All of these announcements clearly state the date, time, location,
> and nature of the NECC events.  And each of these announcements
> includes a link to the NECC website, which in my opinion, is easy to
> navigate and has plenty of pages dedicated to the needs of first
> time entrants, rules, regulations, classes, etc.
>
>
> We have discussed the option of using transponders at almost every
> NECC board meeting.  Sure, we'd like to use transponders to time the
> cars at our events.  And yes, transponders can be rented at a
> relatively low cost.  But the transponder is only one component of
> the overall timing system.  To time cars with transponders, NECC
> would need not only the transponders, but also a base system, which
> consists of detection loops, a trackside box, a decoder and special
> software.  The most reputable supplier is AMB.  Their price for a
> base system is approximately $10,000, excluding transponders.  This
> is out of reach for a small club like NECC.  Judging from chatter on
> the internet, many other small clubs agonize over this same dilemma.
>
>
> Dan offered a number of other ideas, such as gaining sponsorship,
> involving local Corvair clubs, social activities, and more.  Back in
> the days when NECC had a Publicity Director, we were able to
> accomplish many of these things, and it would be great to have
> someone step up and make them happen again.
>
>
> Al Lacki
>
>
> --- In fastvair at yahoogroups.com, tgiannotti at ... wrote:
>>
>> Brian,
>> You guys need to adjust your mindset about your NECC Events...All
> I ever read is how much you guys are in trouble with getting entries
> for your Events..... >
>
>
>
>
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