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12-21-2009, 06:06 AM
One thing that troubles me about PCA in general is that membership in the club is a catch 22. In order to participate in an event, you must be a member, but how do you know if you want to be a member if you haven't been to an event?
As an example, every year, the 968 Register sponsors a "celebration" tied to the Hershey Swap meet. If you aren't a PCA member you are not invited to drive in, attend the dinner, get to know other owners, and of course you are not eligible to be on the Register (I agree only with this last item). Given the very low number of 968s, I am MOST interested in meeting these folks, and if that meeting becomes an opportunity to get them to join PCA so much the better. Being exclusionary does not provide any opportunity for non-members to see what they are missing. As an owner of a 968 specific web forum I can tell you that we endorse becoming a member of PCA and adding cars to the Register, but being a member of PCA is not a requirement of any of our functions. Our members bristle at being excluded from any event because they are not a member of PCA because we have formed relationships outside of PCA. Creating similar roadblocks on the RTR web forum will not foster new membership.
I have never attended a RTR event, other than a Sunday morning "tour" with Wellardmac, but by reading and participating (sometimes) in this forum I feel that I am getting to know some of the people of RTR and by getting my feet wet this way, may decide to join in, time permitting.
Seduction is better than coercion, especially for long term relationships.
JMHO,
Jay
As an example, every year, the 968 Register sponsors a "celebration" tied to the Hershey Swap meet. If you aren't a PCA member you are not invited to drive in, attend the dinner, get to know other owners, and of course you are not eligible to be on the Register (I agree only with this last item). Given the very low number of 968s, I am MOST interested in meeting these folks, and if that meeting becomes an opportunity to get them to join PCA so much the better. Being exclusionary does not provide any opportunity for non-members to see what they are missing. As an owner of a 968 specific web forum I can tell you that we endorse becoming a member of PCA and adding cars to the Register, but being a member of PCA is not a requirement of any of our functions. Our members bristle at being excluded from any event because they are not a member of PCA because we have formed relationships outside of PCA. Creating similar roadblocks on the RTR web forum will not foster new membership.
I have never attended a RTR event, other than a Sunday morning "tour" with Wellardmac, but by reading and participating (sometimes) in this forum I feel that I am getting to know some of the people of RTR and by getting my feet wet this way, may decide to join in, time permitting.
Seduction is better than coercion, especially for long term relationships.
JMHO,
Jay