<VV> Re: Ken Rolt / Your influence and contribution

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

Hey Ken, Thanks for the history lesson. However, to "pop in and out" of 
either this
list or CORSA benefits neither group. If you had continued as a founder and 
continured
in CORSA many would consider your comments more valid. VV would have cost 
you nothing
except your time unless you had made a voluntary monetary contribution like 
many of us did
to improve the server etc. Since you have been gone for such a long time 
maybe you can now
make some time in your schedule to rejoin both or either groups. We would 
welcome your
input on a more frequent basis.

Regards,
Chuck Armer
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At 06:09 PM 2/6/05 -0500, you wrote:
>I am the founder, in part, of VV.
>
>I started it as my own personal email list for Corvair enthusiasts in the 
>early 90s while I was in grad school and had no wife, no dog, and no 
>kids.  I was also a CORSA member back then.  Bryan Blackwell was one of 
>the people on my list (which started with 5 people, grew to 12, then 20 
>etc), so at some point he offered to take it over and dump it onto an 
>automated web server.  Minus some details and 10+ years later, that 
>practice, and growth of web use, is how we got here today.
>
>As family & job outstripped my ability to stay in both CORSA and VV, I 
>dropped out of sight.... I just didn't have time to read all the digests 
>(especially due to the excessive noise level) and partly because the 
>Communique didn't offer what I wanted.  I pop back in occasionally even 
>though I have no Corvair.
>
>My opinion, for whatever its worth, is that the web-based community allows 
>communication among owners and enthusiasts that the CORSA magazine and/or 
>the conventions can never keep up with.  That doesn't make either obsolete 
>but it does mean that they both have to grow, or they'll whither from 
>non-use.  But the web-based forum will continue, and at least at the 
>forum/digest level, sponsorship by CORSA isn't a requirement --- though I 
>agree that CORSA needs VV;  VV might not need CORSA.
snip + trailer
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