RE: Exactly my concerns

["Michael G. Wachholz" <mwachholz@m-c-r-inc.com>]

Wish I had seen the earlier parts of this message.  I just called QCUSA to 
get details on how to examine the books.  I was told to follow the 
directions listed in the QQ, which are; (not verbatim)  "The club's books 
are available to members during normal business hours."  The hidden message 
I (perceived) received was, "...the financials were published in the QQ. 
 What's your problem?  Don't you believe us?"

I also am interested in making the club better, but the non-responsiveness 
of the board of directors pisses me off.  The entry fee for Virginia City 
is $385!  To go to Gattan in a week and a half will cost me, with gas food, 
lodging and registration fee an estimated $500-$600.  The whole deal 
frustrates me.  I make a pretty good living, am single and the cars are 
paid for and still these events seem like an awful lot of dough.  I know 
some of the PCA & BMW events cost 1/3 to 1/2 as much and have higher 
quality instructors (than the ones I have seen.)

I have offered my services as a PR/Marketing professional, I have suggested 
ways to increase the number of participants to lower the cost of the events 
and I feel as if it all falls on deaf ears.

Well that's my .02.  Please excuse my venting.

MGW
-----Original Message-----
From:	Jeffrey J. Goggin [SMTP:audidudi@delphi.com]
Sent:	Thursday, April 17, 1997 1:00 PM
To:	lawtonglenn@gsmai.com
Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject:	Re: Exactly my concerns

>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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