<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All,</div><div><br></div><div>Below is a summary of the new positions which CORSA just completed hiring to run the facets of the organization on a day to day basis including production of the Communique. The social media and internet coordinator is a new position and we feel will be critical to the future of CORSA. This process was no small task and replacing Mike and Harry who had run the CORSA business office and publications for many years was no small task.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Nick.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>From Allan Lacki:</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">You are probably wondering about the background and
qualifications of our new staff.<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Here is
some information about them.</font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Business Services.<span> </span></font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">Our new business services contractor is PRB eMedia
Solutions, LLC, which consists of Paul and Ramona Bergstrom of Maple Plain,
Minnesota.<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Paul will be our new
Executive Secretary and Ramona will be his assistant.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Paul has eight years experience as Club
Office Manager and Website/Internet Forum Manager for the Pontiac-Oakland Club
International (POCI).</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">He also worked for
one year as the Commercial Advertising Manager for the Oldsmobile Club of
America; 3 years as the Commercial Advertising Manager for the National Impala
Association; and several years as editor of the PrixViews, a bi-monthly
publication of POCI's Grand Prix Chapter.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Ramona has been there along with him, having provided eight years of
club office support for POCI.</font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Publication Services.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">Our new publication services contractor is Keefe Media
International, which consists of Don Keefe and Anna Haines of Palm Harbor,
Florida.<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Don will be our new Executive
Editor and Anna will be his assistant.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Don has two years experience as </font></font><font size="3"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Founding Editor-in-Chief of </span></b><i><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Poncho
Perfection Magazine, a </span></i></font><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3">64-page monthly, commercial magazine
devoted to Pontiacs.<span> </span></font><font size="3">He designed the
magazine from scratch and produces printed and digital versions of the
magazine.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">Don also has nine years of
experience as Editor-in-Chief and Creative Dirctor of POCI's Smoke Signals
magazine, a 100-page monthly club publication.</font><span><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">In addition, he remains Creative Director of National Impala
Association's </font><i><font size="3">Impala News</font></i><font size="3">, a 36-page quarterly club periodical. These
are just a few of the positions he has held in the world of journalism.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">Anna Haines has been there along with him for
the past two years, serving as proof reader and copy editor.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">In addition, she was an English teacher for
several years and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3">Social Media</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3">Our new social media contractor is Dr. Steve Spilatro of Marietta,
Ohio.<span> </span></font><font size="3">He will be doing business with us
as VairFare, LLC.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">He is the webmaster
for Corvanatics and the </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3">Marietta
Natural History Society.<span> </span></font><font size="3">He has also
developed web-based pedagogical sites and software for molecular and biological
modeling with online quizes.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">In addition
to his experience with web-based systems, he remains Professor of Biology and
Environmental Science at Marietta College, a position he has held since 1988
and where he has been accorded numerous grants and awards.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3">Harry
Jensen of Management & Publications Services, Inc. will remain on board for
the next two years as our Convention Services contractor.<span> </span></font><font size="3">Harry's qualifications are well known to all
of us.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3">The
Selection Process.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3">Our
process for selecting these people was both formal, rigorous and subject to
attorney review.<span> </span></font><font size="3">Using the existing
M&P contract as a starting point, we developed specific lists of products
and services expected of each contractor.</font><span><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Then, we developed a standard form of agreement (contract) with all the
terms and conditions for doing business with CORSA.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">The product and service lists as well as the
form of agreement were attached to a five-page request for proposals, which was
made available last September through ZipRecruiter, all the major Corvair
discussion boards, as well as the CORSA Communique.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">More than 100 people asked for copies of the
bid packages and several bids were received.</font><span><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Ken Hand, Mike Hall and I evaluated the top nine bids to make the final
choices.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">Since then, all the contracts
have been signed.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">We're ready to go.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><font size="3">Ken
Hand and Norm Witte initiated this process and our thanks go out to them.<span> </span></font><font size="3">Mike Hall and the rest of the Board were
deeply involved in the preparation of the RFPs, the standard form of agreement
and evaluation of the bids.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">All said, countless
hours were spent on this effort and we did our best.</font><span><font size="3"> </font></span></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>
<div><font color="#003300">Nick Shumaker</font><br> </div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 7:07 AM, Allan Lacki via Corsabod <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:corsabod@corvair.org" target="_blank">corsabod@corvair.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Mike McGowan,<br>
<br>
Out on Virtual Vairs, Bob Helt inquired about the background and qualifications of our new contractors. I'm sure there are others out there who are wondering about this. Attached is a response I posted on Virtual Vairs. Perhaps this would make a suitable article for the next Communique.<br>
<br>
Allan Lacki<br>
<a href="mailto:redbat01@verizon.net">redbat01@verizon.net</a><br>
<br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
Corsabod mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Corsabod@corvair.org">Corsabod@corvair.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/listinfo/corsabod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.vv.corvair.org/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/corsabod</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>