<VV> May CORSA Corner

[Jamie & Tanya Reinhart]

All, Here is some extra reading for you this morning. Please feel free to cross post this to CC and Corvair Forum. Thanks
 
Jamie

CORSA Corner

I have talked a lot about change lately and about a plan to make those changes. The plan is finished and I would like to take this opportunity to give you a very brief overview of it. First some numbers from CORSA's five year strategic plan.

2012 Strat. Plan Numbers                                                     Total assumed profit of convention, advertising fees, merchandise, donations, filing fee: $11,003                                                                                Administration: $15.48/person/year                                                    Communique: $28.29/person/year                                                            Total: $43.77/person/year

By 2012 we are getting too close to the $45 yearly dues even with the estimated profits added into the equation. As I said above we will need to act to fix this by the end of the year 2012 or earlier. The two easiest ways to fix this problem are to raise dues or revert to a bi-monthly or quarterly Communique. Obviously along with one of these two options we need to continue to try and grow or sustain the membership we have. 

2015 Strat. Plan Numbers                                                     Total assumed profit of convention, advertising fees, merchandise, donations, filing fee: $12,176                                                                                     Administration: $17.59/person/year                                                    Communique: $33.03/person/year                                                            Total: $50.62/person/year                                                                            By 2015 we are way beyond the $45 dues level. The strat. Plan indicates that if we continue on our current course by the end of 2015 CORSA will have a budget deficit of $32,410.  Even if we opted to go to a bi-monthly Communique before that point to save money, about $16,000 if we did it today, at a $5/member savings, using 3903 as the number of paying members, we are still over the $45 dues. If we could retain the 4503 members that we had in 2009 at $45 dues, the cost per member would be $46.08, still too much. At 5000 $45 dues paying members the cost per member would be $43.72/year. One last scenario, if we could do both, meaning go to a bi-monthly issue and retain a 4503 paying membership we would be at $41.00/person/year.

I hope you can see that by just adding members, or reducing some of our expenses we are not helping ourselves that much, we need to do both together. If these numbers anger, upset, or intrigue you, go to corvair.org, click on the forms and event rules link either on the bottom of the front page or under the events and calendar info drop down menu, and read the rest of the story entitled Planning for the Future. It takes about 25 minutes to read, but isn't CORSA's future worth that small amount of your time time?