CORSA 2012: More report

[Vairtec Corporation]

Jason wrote:

> I would like to clarify one comment that Ken just made however. CORSA does not want
> to keep the public away.

I respond:

Intentions may be one thing, but in practice CORSA has been highly 
resistant to making events and activities more "open."  For example:


Jason continued:
> That being said we DO want to keep the public away from CONCOURS cars. It would be very easy to have someone wander in and become so enthralled with these prestigious cars that he or she could touch one and leave fingerprints on the car.

And I continue:

That statement is exactly what I mean by "highly resistant."  Someone 
might touch a car!  The horror!  The general public is not a bunch of 
savages.  These are cars, not sacred artifacts.  Instead of thinking 
about ways by which we can mitigate any perceived problems and show off 
our best of the best, we think about ways to "keep the public away from 
concours cars."

Why not consider such things as

- placing numerous "please do not touch" signs

- Making p.a. announcements reminding people to be respectful of the cars

- instructing the judges to ignore fresh fingerprints

I am perfectly willing to consider such things as putting the concours 
car behind ropes, as in a museum, so that the public can still get close 
enough to see and appreciate them, while being beyond fingerprint 
range.  But sequestering the entire concours field from public access?  
No way.  The object should be to stop hiding the concours cars and to 
include them as part of a big, big public car show.

--Bob