<div dir="ltr">hi fellas- <div><br></div><div>Back from India and almost back to my normal sleep schedule. The good thing is that my wife is still falling asleep at 8pm and I'm waking up to breakfast and coffee in bed at 5:30 am. We'll see how long that lasts.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm catching up on emails, but regarding social media, I'm happy to start up an instagram and run that, along with anyone else who wants to post. I have gained a lot of followers to my personal instagram, including a ton of corvair guys around the country. It's easy to find them- they always follow fellow corvair people. I've also gotten retweets and comments from Jay Leno on twitter and many other people with tons of followers. I have 437 currently on instagram and could get many of those to follow our club account. Below is a link to my page- you can scroll down for more pics- I use mine for my cars but also my daily things, so you have to scroll down a ways to see the car posts, since I've been in India for 2 weeks..</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/corvairstan/">https://www.instagram.com/corvairstan/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#444444"><i><b>Thanks!</b></i></font></div><div><font color="#444444"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial black, sans-serif"><b><font color="#444444"><i>S</i></font><i style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">tan Darke</i></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial black, sans-serif" color="#cc0000"><b><i>DMV TEES</i></b></font></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@38.846055,-77.305656,3a,60y,213.43h,89.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLBvFOsggvcxZDc9Zzmp4zg!2e0!6m1!1e1" target="_blank"><br></a><div><b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@38.846055,-77.305656,3a,60y,213.43h,89.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLBvFOsggvcxZDc9Zzmp4zg!2e0!6m1!1e1" target="_blank">DMV TEES and THE FACTORY VINTAGE</a></b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@38.846055,-77.305656,3a,60y,213.43h,89.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLBvFOsggvcxZDc9Zzmp4zg!2e0!6m1!1e1" target="_blank">10409 Main Street, Unit D</a></b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@38.846055,-77.305656,3a,60y,213.43h,89.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLBvFOsggvcxZDc9Zzmp4zg!2e0!6m1!1e1" target="_blank">Fairfax, VA 22030</a></b></div><div><br></div><div><b><i style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="4" color="#cc0000"><a href="http://dmvtees.com/DMV_Tees/DesignStudio/Home#/artLocations" target="_blank">CHECK OUT OUR NEW ONLINE T-SHIRT DESIGN STUDIO!</a></font></i></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><font color="#cc0000"><a href="http://WWW.DMVTEES.COM" target="_blank">WWW.DMVTEES.COM</a></font></b></div><div><br></div><div><i><font size="1">representing DC, MD, VA, and Beyond.</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#999999">Check out our t-shirt and vintage shop, The Factory, in Old Town Fairfax</font></i><br></div><div><b><a href="http://www.thefactorytees.com" target="_blank">www.thefactorytees.com</a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:32 PM, ALBERT BIRKS via Novacc-list <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:novacc-list@corvair.org" target="_blank">novacc-list@corvair.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div>Brian: Considering our resources, I believe the Sully and Rockville major
classic car shows are the two best publicity events/activities we can
offer. However, to implement the benefit, we need a good showing at both
of these along with owners to talk to prospective owners. As you indicate, other
"social" media is available, however it takes a professional effort to keep them
alive and interesting. </div>
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<div>Al Birks</div>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>From:</b> <a title="mailto:novacc-list@corvair.org" href="mailto:novacc-list@corvair.org" target="_blank">Bryan Blackwell via Novacc-list</a>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="mailto:stan@dmvtees.com" href="mailto:stan@dmvtees.com" target="_blank">Stan Darke</a> ; <a title="mailto:novacc-list@corvair.org" href="mailto:novacc-list@corvair.org" target="_blank">Northern Va Corvair Club</a> </div>
</span><span class=""><div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 28, 2015 10:14
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] A few
thoughts on the Vair Fair...</div>
<div><br></div></span><div><div class="h5">Hi Stan,<br><br>Some great thoughts there, social media is just
today's version of radio and print - remember when people on the bus had their
noses buried in a paper or an earphone jacked into the transistor
radio?<br><br>I will mention we've gotten some public turnout, and I think
getting a larger event is possible, but just be aware that this event is
really geared more toward the "all out" Corvair enthusiast, rather than being
a multi marque meet up (I'm thinking Katie's or some of the online club
meets). We could consider doing more of that sort of thing to expose the
cars to the public, it would fit that model better, and of course it's less up
front work so a more frequent event is workable.<br><br>One point on social
media for everyone - it's not a matter of cost, it's a matter of using
it. I think a club Instagram account would be great, but we (many of us)
should plan to post to it monthly or weekly to make it really work. I
post to our FB group now, adding that should be easy (pretty sure there are
tools to do both at once). Same thing with Twitter, stuff needs to go
out to make it useful.<br><br>I view these things as really good extensions of
the club, there's a lot we can do with it.<br><br>--Bryan<br><br>> On Dec
17, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Stan Darke via Novacc-list <<a title="mailto:novacc-list@corvair.org" href="mailto:novacc-list@corvair.org" target="_blank">novacc-list@corvair.org</a>>
wrote:<br>> <br>> From the meeting/holiday party, I just was a bit
discouraged by hearing people sit around and talking about selling a maximum
of 50 t-shirts. And not because I would make money- as I said, I am
happy to do shirts at near cost... but because I would never settle for
hosting an event where we would have people come from all over, yet only sell
50 t-shirts. I think we should all open our minds a bit to what the
future holds for Corvairs. I believe they are one of the most
beautifully designed cars of the 60's. Definitely, as far as American
made, and for a GM car.. (although I always loved Corvettes and Impalas,
Corvairs have a European feeling body line that was very unique).
<br>> I would love to help make the 2016 Vair Fair an event that will help
bring more positive attention to our cars. I think we need to create
social media accounts like Instagram and Twitter, in addition to the facebook
page, and make it a point to get tons of new followers. I'm happy to
volunteer to run an Instagram account. I think we can grow lots of
support that way. <br>>
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