Re: Exactly my concerns

[audidudi@delphi.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>14. The way to fix the club is to spend time in the regions, force
>national to make full disclosure, and NOT CREATE A SEPERATE CLUB. The reason
>that PCA and BMWCCA have better magazines, more events, and are less
>expensive is that they have MORE members. If we splinter, each club will fail
>to have the critical mass to thrive.

I agree completely ... it is not now nor has it ever been my intention to
undermine QCUSA.  I merely want to encourage them to be more forthcoming
about the club's financial affairs (past, present and future) and more
responsive to the demands, desires, dreams, etc. of its membership.

As for the cost of events, I have mixed feelings: On the one hand, I was at
one time involved with the local chapter of the BMW CCA club here in Phoenix
and I know the profits from the open-track events subsidized the rest of the
club's events for the remainder of the year.  While you may have paid a bit
more than absolutely necessary to participate in a track event, the extra
money WAS returned to you in one form or another during the remainder of the
year.  I can understand and accept this, and I'm sure the same is true for
most people.

On the other hand, I've also been involved with a club where the cost of
events was high simply because they had to make a larger profit in order to
recover the portion the national office siphoned-off for sanctioning fees,
administrative costs, equipment rental, track-rental deposits, etc.  Not
surprisingly, nobody was very happy with this arrangement: The local chapter
didn't like it because they got the blame and the members who participated
didn't like it because the extra money they paid basically disappeared,
never to be seen again.
Needless to say, this club slid under the waves when its members finally
started voting with their feet...

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