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Originally Posted by Hammer
This effort has become stagnent and I don't see many/any more donating. I say add the $3,750 to what has been collected and call it good. We bought an acre.
I might mention there are past and present (meaning new) Board members that have not donated, or are not on the list of people who have donated as of a few minutes ago.
The Registry wasn't asking for a huge amount, only $25 bucks would do it.
Where's my sticker?
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This seems like kind of a bullying post. As such, I'll just post my opinion:
I don't particularly care about the NCM. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike it or anything. But it's a business that has lots of opportunity, free access to records and artifacts from GM, a delivery program with the factory, etc. They should be able to turn that into a financially successful museum, or maybe they are doing it wrong. I don't feel a need or desire to prop them up with membership dues nor contributions. I don't get any indirect benefit from the NCM.
If they want to charge for window stickers that GM has given them access to, I'm happy to pay for one. If they want to have an event for Corvettes that sounds fun, I'm happy to pay to attend. But that's about it from my perspective. I don't derive any ongoing benefit from them. It's nothing like the ZR-1 Registry, from which I derive tons of information, help, parts, etc to keep my car running in tip top shape. That's the sort of thing I am happy to pay a membership fee for, or make a financial contribution to.
If the NCM can't make a motorsports park that is financially viable, they shouldn't do it. If they put on a motorsports event that is appealing, I'll happily pay the fee to attend. But I have zero interest in propping up the effort to get it started. The only reason I contributed is because it clearly matters to Mom, and I appreciate what he's done for ZR-1 owners. So I'm more than happy to chip in.
Anyway, that's my opinion. It may be why some others haven't contributed. Or maybe I'm the only one that feels that way, I dunno.
