<VV> Fwd: CORSA Denver Convention

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I say we track down the person responsible and , If we can't have him Drawn and Quartered, we will have him Tarred and Feathered and run out of CORSA on a rail !!!!! If that doesn't work, give him a slap on the wrist, or maybe a ruler across the Knuckles and tell him not to do it again.
 Carl, If you ever happen to be in Northwest Florida in February, you are welcome to our Corvair Lovers Holiday at no charge.

                  Ed Lindsay, President.
                   West Florida Corvair Club



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From: Lawrence Patterson <larrypatt at gmail.com>
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Not having attended the convention myself, I can only speculate on this
situation which seems, to say the least, unconscionable.   Whether it is one
who attended, as did this member in good standing, from Australia or someone
who lived in Denver, this is clearly not the way to endear members to the
CORSA organization.  I would suggest that CORSA,  in addition to the apology
apparently tendered to the member involved, make a public apology.  This
would, I suspect, engender a more charitable feeling on the part of said
member.  I assume that CORSA also offered to refund the cost of the banquet
ticket and perhaps, for example, a complementary membership renewal.

Larry Patterson,
A Canadian, recently relocated to the U.S.A

'62 Spyderized Monza Convertible
'66 Monza Coupe


On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Arlette Pat <arlettecarl at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> 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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