<VV> What has CORSA done for us?

[The Reinharts]

All, I think Bob has brought up some very good points. The most important 
one is communication. As he has acknowledged he didn't realize that there 
was a chapters filing fee , for non 100% CORSA chapters, to help cover the 
cost of the insurance. I am sure most of the membership is in the same boat. 
The board is working very hard to rectify this communication problem in 
several ways. Updating the website to make it more user friendly, with more 
information. The CORSA Corner, an e-mail supplement to the Directors Turn at 
the Wheel, from the BoD, to the chapters Editors, for publication in the 
Newsletters, to keep people informed of current board action and events. 
This is currently hard to do because people haven't updated the chapters 
lists so we can send it out effectively. BoD members are trying to be more 
informative at their own chapter meetings and outreach to some of the closer 
chapters, and using e-mail to communicate with all chapters in their 
respective divisions. Getting the word out about CORSA is very important. I 
too believe there should be 100% CORSA membership from the chapters. I think 
we should start with anyone joining a chapter from now on is expected to 
join CORSA. All members of Chapters now, that are not CORSA members, have 
two years to give us all a chance to show them what CORSA does for them. At 
the end of that two years they will have to decided to join CORSA or leave 
the whole CORSA support system. What will happen if we require CORSA 
membership? I think we would probably follow the normal membership trend of 
a 10% to 20% reduction in chapter membership. This would be tough on CORSA 
and tougher on chapters, but we would survive. It would also be just plain 
sad to loose so many good members. We all need to keep working in any way we 
can to promote the benefits of CORSA so everyone can see them and realize 
just what it means to be part of this family.

Jamie Reinhart
CORSA Central Director
CPF Vice-President
Iowa Corvair Enthusiast
Corvanatics





----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BobHelt at aol.com>
To: <AeroNed at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> What has CORSA done for us?


>
> In a message dated 9/3/2009 9:31:11 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> AeroNed at aol.com writes:
>
> There is  a chapter filing fee for chapters that are not 100% CORSA
> members.
> That  fee is currently only $25 and the BoD have been discussing raising
> it.
>
>
> Well, there you have it!! Corsa IS getting paid (probably more than a $1
> per non-member) for insurance covering the non-CORSA members. So CORSA 
> should
> take the stand that it is a local club's decision and leave it at that.
> The  local club has made a choice between 100% membership and a chapter 
> fee in
> lieu  of. There is your answer (for now). And why hasn't someone provided
> this answer  to Hank's complaint before this?
>
> But why isn't there a larger discussion going on with some ideas and
> suggestions for improving this situation? It seems like the discussion 
> should be
> much larger and involved than just insurance coverage for non-CORSA
> members. The  discussion should center around the viability of CORSA's
> continuation. Insurance  coverage is just a smoke screen.
>
> GOSH!!!!
>
> Regards,
> Bob Helt
> _______________________________________________
> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are 
> the property
> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
> mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
> http://www.corvair.org/
> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Change your options: 
> http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs
> _______________________________________________
>