<VV> CORSA Denver Convention - Carl Kelsen

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As the manager of customer service for a large GM dealer I find  the 
handling of Carl's situation totally unacceptable! As Ron stated an  exception can 
ALWAYS be made! The fact that a person with "tunnel-vision" and no  common 
sense was put in "charge" of the entry door should fall  right back on the 
shoulders of the organizing committee!
 
Our international members deserve to be treated as well if not better then  
our domestic members!
 
Common people, wake up! You wonder why we are having membership  problems?
 
Carl, WE really do appreciate your attending and I personally apologize to  
you for the short sided person you ran into. 
 
Hopefully you will reconsider your attendance at future _Conventions_ 
(mailto:Conventions at owt.com) !
 
I think you will enjoy the 2012 Convention in Massachusetts!   Sturbridge 
Village is a great historical area and a look back to the early days  of the 
United States! Especially since it's so close to Clark's!
 
Bill "Swamp-Rat" Hadley
Prez
New Orleans Corvair Enthusiasts
Member Of CORSA since 1972
 
There's  no excuse for a response like that!  Someone nearby must've had  
access to the registration records and could've looked it up in a minute  
or 
two and besides, they could always have squeezed one more in somewhere  and 
then checked it out later.  It wouldn't have harmed anyone.   If the 
sponsoring clubs ended up paying for it it wouldn't have harmed  anyone 
either.
You have my apology (and I wasn't even there) and I hope  from every other 
member of CORSA.
RonH

----- Original Message  ----- 
From: "Arlette Pat" <arlettecarl at hotmail.com>
To:  <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 8:44  PM
Subject: <VV> CORSA Denver Convention


>
> 2011  CORSA Denver Convention
>
> Have just arrived home from this years  CORSA Convention (Wednesday 
August 
> 10).
>
> Why did it  take me so long? Well home is some 8,000 miles from Denver 
>  (Australia) and I returned home via Spokecan Washington, Portland Oregon 
 
> and Los Angeles where a QANTAS B747-400 took me back to Australia in  
just 
> under 15 hours (we had a head wind!).
>
> I enjoyed  the Convention very much and those who put the time into 
putting 
> this  convention together should be thanked a million times over. It was 
>  shame however that the map outside the registration area only provided 
for  
> visitors from the USA. A map of world would have been more  appropriate 
> given the Conventions 'International'  status.
>
> My attendance at this years convention however ended  on a disappointing 
> note. I had paid for the Awards Banquet at the  time of registering and 
was 
> looking forward to 'planting' my small  Australian flag on the dinner 
> table. On approaching the entry door I  was asked very firmly for a 
banquet 
> ticket that I was never provided.  My appeals that I had paid for the 
> Banquet where responded to with  the comment "not my problem, no ticket 
no 
> entry".
>
> I  left feeling annoyed and promised myself that this would be the last 
>  CORSA convention that I would be attending. After looking over some of 
the  
> Corvairs in the car park I walked to a Subway restaurant near the  host 
> hotel and enjoyed some food with my Australia flag firmly rolled  up.
>
> I appreciate very much that those running this event do  this work 
unpaid, 
> but I really feel that the above could have been  handled a lot better. I 
> am proud to be a member of CORSA but being  treated like this was not 
nice 
> after investing well over $10,000 in  travel expenses and travelling half 
> way around the  world.
>
> Anyway I will in time forget this, and in fairness I  have received an 
> apology from CORSA but I think Denver will be my  last CORSA convention.
>
> On a positive note is was great to  catch up with everyone and I 
> particularly appreciated Timothy Shortle  coming up to me with a hand 
shake 
> and a welcome to the  USA.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Carl Kelsen
> RHD 1965  Corvair Monza
> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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