[Healeys] Why are there 2 national Healey clubs?

[Rich C]

I've been a member of the AHCA for 35 years, a delegate for some of those 
years, and a founder of the AHCA's Southern Ontario chapter.
I've seen these unification proposals come and go, and if I'm not mistaken, 
the last go around had the AHCA delegates discussing at length, basically 
agreeing it might be a good thing to unify, but the president at the time of 
the AHCUSA want no part of it, and that flattened it once more. I could be 
mistaken on those details but that's how it was handed down to me.

The two clubs have definitely different "flavours" though both have 
excellent magazines, even some of the editors have served for both magazines 
at different times. If anybody dare generalize as to differences in content, 
it's that the AHCA with all it's individual local chapters focuses more on 
the social aspect, and activities held in (and inviting others to) their 
respective areas. The AHCUSA is more of a magazine subscription based 
membership, and the content is often more technical based articles.

In the majority of the cases, memberships have been taken on in both clubs, 
simply because most folks want the strengths of each as outlined above.
Personally I think that if both can remain healthy as they are, by joining 
both we're getting the best of both. However, if they were to unify, I would 
NOT wish to see the AHCA type of chapter structure with delegate 
representation change or disappear.

Rich Chrysler