<VV> The tent & PR

[jherken1 at netzero.com]

Not to brag, but Corvair Minnesota has had Corvairs on display for the month of September leading up to the introduction anniversary at one of the Minneapolis area Chevy dealers (in the showroom).  On the 2nd we will participate in a special celebration at the dealership (Lenzen Chevrolet/Buick, Chaska - if you're in the area).
We also made up a special edition of our newsletter with Club and Corvair information and left copies with the display car for anyone curious about Corvairs.  

Not as fancy as the tent or CPF rolling display, but I think we're preaching beyond the choir this way.

John Herkenratt
Corvair Minnesota
Editor, Leeky SEEL
---------- Original Message ----------
From: AeroNed at aol.com
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Cc: corsabod at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> The tent & PR
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:14:27 EDT

Tim,

If the purpose of the tent is to attract new members, why is it being used  
at the convention sites, almost exclusively? Seems like preaching to the 
choir  to me.

Just returned from the Great Plains Corvair Roundup in Tulsa. Not a single  
sign of an organization called CORSA, except for the shirt my wife wore to 
the  banquet. We had lots of folks wander though the parking lot and even 
entered in  the event that were interested in Corvairs but not members of 
local little less  the national club.

Forget the heavy tent. How about if CORSA were to send some membership  
pamphlets, like "10 reasons to own a Corvair," to the chapters that advertise  
events in the Communique.

Ned


In a message dated 9/24/2010 8:07:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
flat6vair at comcast.net writes:

This  overall discussion makes it difficult to play nice, but i will  try.

Would like to thank Jason, James and others for their positive  statements 
--  
and for constructive criticisms /  suggestions.

The CORSA tent is already in Denver after being used in  Iowa and Florida 
the 
year before.
The accompanying magazine display  rack is in Illinois. Neither have been 
scattered aroung the west.
I  have not seen the mag. rack up since it was used in Illinois back in  
2000.

A banner being shipped has been mentioned amongst board members,  but not 
formally proposed.

As mentioned by Jason, the board is  looking at long term goals to reduce 
expenses, increase revenues (not  dues) for the long term.
For 2010, the numbers currently look good. 2011  projected numbers are fair 
to good. Projecting further out gets harder ,  and more worrisome. It is 
the 
long term -- more than 1 year, that keeps  the board on its collective 
toes. 
So we are looking at fewer board members  (more nimble, but fewer minds to 
find solutions); re-looking (again for  the nth time) at 100% membership vs 
the insurance and benefit filing fee  for nonCORSA members (per chapter or 
per non member ); and other bigger  cost reduction items -- Some day in the 
future CORSA will need to rely  more on volunteers like we did in the early 
days (70s early 80s).

I  still firmly believe CORSA will survive -- even with all this negative  
banter on VV.

Oh,  a new membership chair is being sought.  maybe two.  Needs to be 
energetic, willing to work with multiple  personalities <the general public 
as well as the board>  Pay is  terrible (no pay)  Contact president Jamie 
Reinhart.

Think  positive to get positive results.  <if you think you are losing, you 

have already lost>

Have fun -- enjoy your Corvairs -- and the  great people that are 
associated 
with them.  I will be visiting the  Route 66 festival here in Springfield 
Illinois on "historic Rte  66"   the vehicle registration fee, on-site is 
$50 
($35 plus $3  service fee pre-registered). so mostly the high dollar hot 
rods. Is a free  cruise tonight that has everybody in it -- 1,000 plus cars 
of all makes  and models -- except the high dollar ones.

tim  mahler