Viper Club Of America do an AACI ?

[F Body]

Just like AACI and other car clubs VCA appear to going into melt down

1) Find a way to get members to increase the annual dues voluntarily (Venom membership)
2) Create a "for profit" sub company in your own name and create incorporation language that prevents transparency
3) Appoint yourself, family members and friends as the board of the for profit company
4) Work out a way to gain parts from the OEM at below market price, without an open or sealed bid process by slick talking and more
5) Work out a deal so your friend's warehouse could be used for part storage. thereby keeping inventory and all close by and out of sight
6) Fire the PR company and create your own for profit company (Coast to Coast) to replace them, with a family member as the owner/president. Use this firm to hire family members and be able to state the the VCA is not paying (directly) for any employees. Even lie about it and call everyone a volunteer.
7) Revise the function of the PR firm so that all advertising revenue goes to the PR firm direct with no oversight
Increase the price tag of the magazine to increase the revenue stream to the personally owned PR company
9) Eliminate the major competition and prevent them from an equal opportunity in using the VCA web space for advertising
10) Use the leverage of the club to cut exclusive deals with parts manufacturers to eliminate competition
11) Manage to maintain prototype parts for personal use/evaluation at no cost
12) Use the moderating power of the VCA site to eliminate any discussion that undermines any of the above

Seems like normal big club business to me

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[Andy]

I would say by the looks of it there is a lot more at stake with the VCA than there ever was with the AACI!

[VIPER]

Theres a lot going on behind the scenes ....

alot of the board have now been told to step down... Ralph Giles will not let the VCA fall over just have a huge shake up..