<VV> CORSA Members on the Internet

[John Beck]

Interesting data to have but I think the real question lies in the
difference between people who can't have access to e-mail and the
internet and those who choose to not have access.  

I'm currently President of an international, non-profit organization of
Search Dog Handlers.  We have moved most of our communications online. 
We save a lot of money and many of our members prefer it.  We do have a
very small percentage of members who don't have internet access.  We
treat them as a separate class and try to get them the important stuff
by paper mail.  They accept the fact that they don't get information as
fast as the rest.  If they wanted to change that they would get an
internet connection.  We have one Board member with no internet access. 
We call him on the phone when necessary.  During my five years as
President, this is one of the few issues that hasn't generated any major
complaints.  --J.B.

The Reinharts wrote:
> 
> Gary, Great idea to poll our chapters. I will post to the chapters list and
> ask them to provide me with the percentage of members that have e-mail
> addresses. It will present a good starting point and will add information
> and credibility to my Plan for the future. Thanks
> 
> Jamie
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Moore" <tdrinkr at yahoo.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <airvair at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> CORSA Members on the Internet
> 
> > Agreed, there are flaws in any survey, but still the survey taken from
> > club rosters by club officials would be much more accurate then relying on
> > each person to answer a survey. Our club has 52 memberships, single and
> > family, 4 do not list an email address and two have non-working email
> > addresses. All are CORSA members. That puts the percentage at 88%. Is this
> > typical? Maybe not, but it is probably pretty close. Gary Moore
> >
> > The Internet, a magnificent new technology combining the credibility of
> > anonymous hearsay with the excitement of typing. –Jon Stewart
> >
> > --- On Tue, 3/9/10, airvair at earthlink.net <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: airvair at earthlink.net <airvair at earthlink.net>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> CORSA Members on the Internet
> > To: "Gary Moore" <tdrinkr at yahoo.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
> > Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:10 AM
> >
> > Statistically, that STILL wouldn't give you an accurate figure, as there
> > are members of the national that, for whatever reason, don't belong to a
> > "local" club. Likewise, you are assuming that your club has 100% CORSA
> > membership, or at least can or will separate out those who don't, for sake
> > of your survey.
> >
> > In statistical analysis, your method of gathering your statistical
> > sampling
> > is crutial to its accuracy.
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Gary Moore <tdrinkr at yahoo.com>
> >> Subject: Re: <VV> CORSA Members on the Internet
> >>
> >> A survey can be taken by contacting chapter officials. As with most
> > clubs, our treasurer keeps track of our membership records, which includes
> > email contacts. While it would not be ethical to release member email
> > addresses, releasing statistics shouldn't be a problem. As newsletter
> > editor I email our newsletter to nearly 90% of the club members. I believe
> > that only 6 out of our 100+ members do not have a working email address. A
> > few of our members get the newsletter in both hard copy and by email.
> > Gary Moore
> >
> > The Internet, a magnificent new technology combining the credibility of
> > anonymous hearsay with the excitement of typing. –Jon Stewart
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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