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Gauges Others May Use To Determine If A Club Is CHEAP

1. Does the club treasury have adequate funds?

 

2. What is the club treasury to be used for?

 

2. If  CTCC was to ever a real event must a co sponsor be involved to be successful?

 

3. What percent of your club treasury is returned to the general membership via special perks, i.e. awards and recognition throughout the year vs funds given away to charity?

 

4. Why are awards more affordable at year's end for officers to receive for their alleged achievements (some of which do little to nothing to earn them) every year? Yet officers are unable to budget event awards to the little people that invest  thousands of dollars on their cars and rigs that make their events successful and feeds the clubs coffers. Is the award budget just a perk reserved for officers at the annual banquet? Does not seem to be an issue for officers with trying to keep the cost of the annual banquet ticket down when they are to benefit. Ouch! Does anyone see a problem with this double standard?

 

 

 An earlier time would have never conceded to share an event.  There stood the ambition and talent  to do an entire event on its own and either suffered the loss or gain entirely on its own and was never too lazy or cheap  to plan on providing event awards. If members have provided the treasury with funds the be willing to give some of it back. That is what it is for. Without awards there is no  history record of an event. Why is this such a difficult issue for some to grasp?

 

Concerning  question# 4 - Sure it is always a positive virtue to be aware of our individual cash flow but come on folks lets be real here. If a Corvette owner has concerns about saving a few dollars they would never have bought a Corvette or own multiples. Many if not most Corvette owners have an expensive car that cost alot so why would the cost of entry be an issue now when budgeting for the 'New Officer Banquette" cost of awards is of no concern? Is the club for officers or for the members?

 

 In the old days before the club had a muti-thousand dollar treasury and long before all the aid of the high tech stuff we have today, every event had  to be profitable otherwise the club all enjoy today would have sank very early. Our young club (by itself) carefully planned each event to attract as many participants as possible. I know that some will say things have changed since then. It's harder, it cost more, it's too hard, boo hoo hoo....

It was made to work once because it had to for future enthusiast (you) and can again if others are willing to do the hard work.

 

Fact is it was far more challenging then without all the hi tech advantages we have today.  The club HAD to be successful. On the very rare event the club lost money on an event, officers quickly went to work to make sure the reasons were quickly identified and corrected to assure the same mistake was never made again.

 

Everyone (not just officers) enjoys being recognized for their outstanding achievements (as illustrated at the club annual officer installment when awards are suddenly affordable). A tangible award can cost near nothing as illustrated by the one presented at the 20th year anniversary reunion (Click Here) to very costly. Not presenting awards is either an indication of someone not wishing to do the job or being very cheap.

 

A tangible award also serves as historical record of an event and a time. Again we are addressing the abuse and neglect of historical record. Who will remember an event even two or three years from the time it was conducted? If a club can afford to sponsor an event at the very least provide awards that include the event name and date. If cash is that short attention needs to be someplace other than sponsoring an event. If an event is to be held especially a NCCC event then awards need to be a part of that planning. It reflects badly for both the club as well as NCCC if not.

 

 Possible solution might be to consider purchasing awards for various events throughout the year for participating members rather than using the same funds that are used to purchase awards for the outgoing officer that may or may not have contributed anything during the year.

 

Nice to have a fat treasury but the bottom line should always be willing to give back to the members.

 

After all it is supposed to be their money.

 

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