<VV> Hospitality room

[airvair at earthlink.net]

Ken,

We're in complete agreement here. I also feel that CORSA needs to pay more
attention to the needs of the spouses and offspring. Tours are great start,
but they are ONLY a start. DACC did a great job when they hosted the
national convention. I heard a lot of comments (from the wives, husbands,
AND kids) on this subject. The kids loved the water park in the hotel. The
wives loved the ladies' activities room, and the husbands were happy to
come back to a happy brood at the end of each day. DACC sets a high
standard all the way around!

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: kenpepke at juno.com <kenpepke at juno.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Date: 9/6/2009 8:52:25 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Hospitality room, was:  Membership required
>
> Thank you Mark ... And many thanks for recognizing the & Co part. 
Homecoming is not all about Ken [Pretty much all I do is shopping and
schlep groceries :-) ]  It is a total team effort.  Still, Hospitality is
the 'PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT.' and CORSA would serve themselves well by
recognizing it as such.  
>
> Mark, you are right about not criticizing any volunteer.  None of there
activities would be possible without them.  You can bet they are doing the
very best they can under the circumstances.  But when the National
Convention comes to town there will be few with sufficient experience to
think of and cover all the details.  Sure, CORSA provides guidelines for
the car events but once done, they leave the local club[s] on their own. 
It would be a simple matter for CORSA to include a requirement for a proper
Hospitality room and supply a schedule and budget recommendations.  While
they are at it, they should provide standards for women's activities.  Once
CORSA builds a reputation that insures the 'forgotten third' of the
attendees will be remembered lots more guys will have the support of there
wives to attend.
>
> OK, I sound like I am always being critical of CORSA but, it is not just
to be critical.  Over they years I have made suggestions and comments with
the hope of improving their performance.  I have gone so far as to send
registered letters to the entire board.  I believe CORSA needs to survive. 
I believe they could do a lot more to help themselves.  But, I do not
understand why they are so unwilling to step up to the plate.  The DACC
team offered much towards improvements but we could not convince CORSA to
'pick up the ball and run with it' :-(  Still, we keep trying.
> Ken P
>
> ********************************************************************
>
> airvair at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> And DACC (thanks, Ken & Co.!) set the standard for hospitality rooms, both
> at that convention AND at their annual Homecoming in August. My question
is
> why can't the national convention always have a good hospitality room like
> DACC? I hate to criticize, especially when most other things went right,
> but the Jacksonville convention hospitality room offerings were pathetic.
I
> realize that those who worked it probably deserve our thanks (as any
> volunteer richly does), and this is by no means a complaint against them.
> But whomever arranged for the snacks (drinks excluded) should be
> embarrassed.
>
> But rather than concentrate on what was wrong with past convention(s), let
> us concentrate on future ones. Maybe the convention planners should
> consider this a challenge not to overlook and shortchange the hospitality
> room, and try to make it a worthwhile place to go to get some refreshments
> after a hard day's activities outside in the heat and away from readily
> available food and snacks. So is the gang in Iowa up to the challenge?
>
> -Mark
>