CTCI vote a landslide victory!

[007Cruiser]

They need to update their website

[0bird2]

Rusty,
You made the right move, the bourbon will not last as long, but it will leave a better taste in your mouth.
Wait till you see the new dues prices !!!

[BirdsAndBugs]

A two thirds vote was needed to include us in their organization . We won by over 3 times the no vote! This is a major win for the Thunderbird world

Nobody cares Greg. I used to be a member; but now I find CTCI is a disorganized mess with financial problems.

The world has moved on from the membership models that CTCI and VTCI use. The International Thunderbird Club is mostly just a Facebook page. Very few of the "members" pay to join it I would guess.

The world has moved on to social media such as Facebook. A lof of our old members here on TBN are still around; just on various Facebook forums now.

[Flying Past]

What resources can CTCI offer to groups like TBN that would make joining CTCI worthwhile? If there is an upside to membership with them, I don't see it. It would be silly to pay fancy dues to a faltering club that views 2002-2005 Thunderbirds as "second-class citizens", and weren't at all welcoming, lo these many years.

[BLACK BEAUTY]

sounds like CTCI and VTCI are merging..

[JerriLampon]

Pardon me for not rushing to join. The 'Nest is the best!

And it;s FREE!

A good reminder to donate to the 'Nest for annual costs upkeep of its domain name and web server!

[2K2BIRD]

sounds like CTCI and VTCI are merging..

Don't see that happening since VTCI accepts all year birds from 55 - 05 as members and it's taken 20+ years for CTCI to finally throw some shade to the retrobirds.

That said, I'm happy for you Greg that you have found a local club you like and participate with. Likely, y'all need CTCI a lot less than they need you. We belong to a VTCI chapter based out of the Oklahoma City Area. We definitely don't make 300+ mile round trips to club meetings because of VTCI (we are not members), we do it because of our local club member friends.

[BirdsAndBugs]

Don't see that happening since VTCI accepts all year birds from 55 - 05 as members and it's taken 20+ years for CTCI to finally throw some shade to the retrobirds.

That said, I'm happy for you Greg that you have found a local club you like and participate with. Likely, y'all need CTCI a lot less than they need you. We belong to a VTCI chapter based out of the Oklahoma City Area. We definitely don't make 300+ mile round trips to club meetings because of VTCI (we are not members), we do it because of our local club member friends.

I agree Paul. Our local club Thunderbirds of Las Vegas is now a VTCI chapter but every few of us are members of the national organization. They basically gave the designation to me and our local club after their Las Vegas Classic Thunderbirds chapter totally collapsed some years ago now. They definitely needed us more than we needed them. We have that designation for a number of years now which is good as it helps for Thunderbird owners in our area to find us.

[pvkssarkis2004]

In my opinion, CTCI members will be joining ITC! ITC is open to all Thunderbirds.

[CROW]

Just so it is known, the VTCI has always welcomed the baby birds under its wing, as also any Retro birds. The CTCI "had" a closed book action, but started to realise that the membership was shrinking, and needed other support.
A vote was held a few years back and bringing in the Retro birds, and was voted down. Now with shrinking membership the Retro's were welcomed.

The ITC is an off shoot of the VTCI of about 20 years ago. Different club actions, and different goals.

[BLACK BEAUTY]

Better late than never..A lot of CTCI board members now own retros. Brian the pres and our 4th chapter boss have them

[Gobird]

Greg, To me it sounds like you need them more then we need them . So go for it but I'll never need them. I tried years ago and got turned down, soo screw them,

[94mcd]

Also passed was an increase in dues to $55,